The achilles' heel of quality: The assessment of student learning

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-115

  Knight, Peter T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20444447473     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320220127506     Document Type: Article

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