Queensland teachers' conceptions of assessment: The impact of policy priorities on teacher attitudes

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 210-220

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Lake, Robert ^b   Matters, Gabrielle ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Novum AVI ^*  (Australia)

^c Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attitude measures; Educational policy; Queensland; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649322339     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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