Examining the grading practices of teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1372-1380

  Randall, Jennifer ^a   Engelhard, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grades; Grading practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955468947     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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