A Challenge to Established Assessment Practice

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-62

  Elton, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41749118711     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2004.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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