Assessment for learning: Assessing the theory and evidence

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3015-3022

  Taras, Maddalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; assessment for learning; formative; summative; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957706474     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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