Using formative assessment to support complex learning in conditions of social adversity

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-72

  Crossouard, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; Assessment power relations; Classroom assessment; Curriculum development; Formative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551532791     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2011.536034     Document Type: Article

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