Assessment as learning? How the use of explicit learning objectives, assessment criteria and feedback in post-secondary education and training can come to dominate learning

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-294

  Torrance, Harry ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65649148805     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701591867     Document Type: Article

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