Work-engaged learning: Towards a paradigm shift in assessment

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-130

  Yorke, Mantz ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessor expertise; Employability; Employer engagement; Standards; Summative assessment; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953888435     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2011.554316     Document Type: Article

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