Supporting assessment stress in key stage 4 students

Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Putwain, David William ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessments; Examinations; KS4; Stress; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949127206     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690701811081     Document Type: Article

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