Use of interactive-informal assessment practices: New Zealand secondary students' conceptions of assessment

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-111

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Irving, S Earl ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth R ^b   Hirschfeld, Gerrit H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Cognition Consulting Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment practices; Conceptions of assessment; Interactive assessment; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649106226     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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