'It's pretty difficult to fail': The reluctance of lecturers to award a failing grade

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-382

  Hawe, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33646583702     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293032000066209     Document Type: Article

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