Pan-European grading scales: Lessons from national systems and the ECTS

Higher Education in Europe

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-22

  Karran, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

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EID: 27944497896     PISSN: 03797724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03797720500087949     Document Type: Review

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