Assessment moderation: Constructing the marks and constructing the students

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 645-656

  Orr, Susan ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951145952     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930601117068     Document Type: Article

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