'Why am I doing these things?': Engaging in classroom-based inquiry around formative assessment

Journal of In-Service Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-376

  Haigh, Mavis ^a   Dixon, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34547938515     PISSN: 13674587     EISSN: 17475082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674580701487000     Document Type: Article

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