Improving lecturers' assessment practice in higher education: A problem-based approach

Educational Action Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-87

  Swann, Joanna ^a   Ecclestone, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038637060     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650799900200082     Document Type: Article

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