Assessment of achievement through portfolios and teacher-made tests

Educational Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-288

  Barootchi, Nasrin ^a   Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein ^b  

^a Khatam University   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assessment of achievement; Portfolio assessment; Teacher made tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036893787     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880210135313     Document Type: Article

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