A multi-faceted formative assessment approach: Better recognizing the learning needs of students

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 565-576

  Jenkins, James O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Multi faceted; Student perceptions; Summative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955568956     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930903243059     Document Type: Article

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