"But is it fair?" : An exploratory study of student perceptions of the consequential validity of assessment

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-371

  Sambell, Kay ^a   McDowell, Liz ^a   Brown, Sally ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031537287     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(97)86215-3     Document Type: Article

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