Assessment practices of secondary music teachers

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-54

  Russell, Joshua A ^a   Austin, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Music assessment; Secondary music educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953585272     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429409360062     Document Type: Article

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