If I was going there I wouldn't start from here: A critical commentary on current assessment practice

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-492

  Price, Margaret ^a   Carroll, Jude ^a   O'Donovan, Berry ^a   Rust, Chris ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assessment standards; Assessment strategy; Feedback; Institutional environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958811303     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930903512883     Document Type: Article

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