Examination preparation or effective teaching: Conflicting priorities in the implementation of a pedagogic innovation

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-302

  Deng, Chunrao ^a   Carless, David Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 78650056517     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2010.510899     Document Type: Article

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