'I'll be a nothing': Structure, agency and the construction of identity through assessment [1]

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-354

  Reay, Diane ^a   Wiliam, Dylan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033238918     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192990250305     Document Type: Article

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