The pressures of assessment in undergraduate courses and their effect on student behaviours

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-284

  Norton, Lin S ^a   Tilley, Alice J ^a   Newstead, Stephen E ^b   Franklyn Stokes, Arlene ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955502874     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930120052422     Document Type: Article

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