Assessment practices at Spanish universities: From a learning to a competencies approach

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-181

  Ion, Georgeta ^a   Cano, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Higher education; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053124699     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790.2011.610503     Document Type: Article

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