A socio-cultural theorisation of formative assessment

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Pryor, John ^a   Crossouard, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38349163776     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701476386     Document Type: Article

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