Gender, 'bias', assessment and feedback: Analyzing the written assessment of undergraduate history essays

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-260

  Read, Barbara ^a   Francis, Becky ^a   Robson, Jocelyn ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847196214     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930500063827     Document Type: Article

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