An international online survey of the practices and perceptions of higher education professors with respect to the assessment of learning in the classroom

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 719-733

  Gilles, Jean Luc ^a   Detroz, Pascal ^b   Blais, Jean Guy ^c  

^a National and International Relations Unit   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment perception; Assessment practices; Learning assessment; Scholarship of assessment; Student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958230016     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.484880     Document Type: Article

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