Teacher or examiner? The tensions between formative and summative assessment in the case of science coursework

Research in Science Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-428

  Gioka, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; Feedback; Formative assessment; Science coursework; Summative assessment; Teacher assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149164724     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9086-9     Document Type: Article

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