Qualitatively different ways of differentiating student achievement: A phenomenographic study of academics' conceptions of grade descriptors

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-282

  Tan, Kelvin H K ^a,b   Prosser, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33750495699     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293042000188230     Document Type: Article

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