Teachers' perceptions of on-line rater training and monitoring

System

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 505-520

  Hamilton, Jan ^a   Reddel, Sue ^a   Spratt, Mary ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Inter rater reliability; Language testing; Moderation; Multimedia; Rater training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648951     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(01)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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