Conceptions of assessment: Trainee teachers' practice and values

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-213

  Winterbottom, Mark ^a   Brindley, Sue ^a   Taber, Keith S ^a   Fisher, Linda G ^a   Finney, John ^a   Riga, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; assessment for learning; formative; summative; trainee teacher; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957934461     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170802357504     Document Type: Article

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