Assessment relationships in higher education: The tension of process and practice

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-114

  Crook, Charles ^a,c   Gross, Harriet ^b   Dymott, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 30444437612     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920500402037     Document Type: Article

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