When summative computer-aided assessments go wrong: Disaster recovery after a major failure

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 587-597

  Harwood, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-AIDED ASSESSMENT (CAA); EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; POST-FAILURE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY ACTIVITIES;

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646728643     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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