Australian Indigenous students: Addressing equity issues in assessment

Teaching Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-93

  Klenowski, Val ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Equity; Indigenous education; Sociocultural perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649084723     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210802681741     Document Type: Article

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