Assessment as a vehicle for learning: Extending collaboration into testing

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-117

  Sainsbury, Erica J ^a   Walker, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 78649587914     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930601127844     Document Type: Article

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