The formative and summative uses of a Professional Development Portfolio: A Maltese case study

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-112

  Chetcuti, Deborah ^a   Murphy, Patricia ^b   Grima, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61149607490     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940600563553     Document Type: Article

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