Commitment, compliance and comfort zones: The effects of formative assessment on vocational education students’ learning careers

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-333

  Ecclestone, Kathryn ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 46649090630     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701591925     Document Type: Article

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