The local practices of assessment

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-452

  Knight, Peter ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449138848     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930600679126     Document Type: Article

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