Assessment and standards for graduate outcomes

Asian Social Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Wood, Leigh N ^a   Thomas, Theda ^b   Rigby, Brendan ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Business education; Grading; Graduate attributes; Outcomes; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052978664     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v7n4p12     Document Type: Article

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