Making accounting examiners’ tacit knowledge more explicit: Developing grade descriptors for an accounting A-level

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-226

  Greatorex, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A level; Examination performance; Examiners; Grade descriptors; Public examinations; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745836898     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520210122892     Document Type: Article

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