Classroom assessment tools and uses: Canadian English teachers' practices for writing

Assessing Writing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-65

  Hunter, Darryl ^a   Mayenga, Charles ^b   Gambell, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment practices; Assessment tools; Assessment uses; Canadian teachers; Classroom assessment; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646003851     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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