Awareness of the backwash effect of assessment: A phenomenographic study of the views of Hong Kong and Swedish lecturers

Instructional Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-309

  Watkins, David ^a   Dahlin, Bo ^b   Ekholm, Mats ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Backwash effect; Higher education; Hong Kong; Phenomenography; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244441433     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-005-3002-8     Document Type: Article

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