Evaluating portfolio assessment systems: What are the appropriate criteria?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 600-609

  Webb, Christine ^a   Endacott, Ruth ^b   Gray, Morag A ^c   Jasper, Melanie A ^d   McMullan, Mirjam ^a   Scholes, Julie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONITORING; NURSING EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242382117     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(03)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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