Evaluating assessment strategies through collaborative evidence-based practice: Can one tool fit all?

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-153

  McDowell, Liz ^a   Smailes, Joanne ^a   Sambell, Kay ^a   Sambell, Alistair ^a   Wakelin, Delia ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41549090984     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703290801950310     Document Type: Article

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