Validating onscreen marking in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-431

  Coniam, David ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

English language; Essay marking; Multi faceted Rasch measurement; Onscreen marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955551501     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-009-9068-2     Document Type: Article

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