Confidence-based marking: Towards deeper learning and better exams

Innovative Assessment in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 141-149

  Gardner Medwin, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60349085480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203969670     Document Type: Chapter

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