Developing student understanding of assessment standards: A nested hierarchy of approaches

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-217

  O'Donovan, Berry ^a   Price, Margaret ^a   Rust, Chris ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment standards; Community of practice; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650742090     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510801923344     Document Type: Article

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