Cultural barriers in educational evaluation: A comparative study on school report cards in Japan and Germany

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-283

  Urabe, Masashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cultural barrier; Educational diagnosis; Evaluation; Germany; Japan; Objectified selection; School report card

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846278719     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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