Justice in grades allocation: Teachers' perspective

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-325

  Resh, Nura ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Grade allocation; Justice in schools; Teachers' evaluation; Teaching expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349499605     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9073-z     Document Type: Article

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