Secondary school students' conceptions of assessment and feedback

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-250

  Peterson, Elizabeth R ^a   Irving, S Earl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Feedback; Student accountability; Student conceptions; Teacher accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049083031     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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