Examining the tension between academic standards and inclusion for disabled students: The impact on marking of individual academics' frameworks for assessment

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-223

  Ashworth, Mary ^a   Bloxham, Sue ^a   Pearce, Leonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Disabled students; Inclusion; Marking; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951147009     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903062864     Document Type: Article

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