Why this inertia in the development of better assessment methods?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-100

  Lauvas, Per ^a   Havnes, Anton ^b   Raaheim, Arild ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 0002786994     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320050001090     Document Type: Article

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