'One assessment doesn't serve all the purposes' or does it? New Zealand teachers describe assessment and feedback

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-426

  Irving, S Earl ^a   Harris, Lois R ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Secondary school; Teacher conceptions of assessment; Teacher conceptions of feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961167615     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9145-1     Document Type: Article

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