Communication and practice with examination criteria. does this influence performance in examinations?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 619-626

  Payne, Emma ^a   Brown, George ^b  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Examination; Explicit marking criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958191506     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602931003632373     Document Type: Article

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