Faulty signals? Inadequacies of grading systems and a possible response

Assessment, Learning and Judgement in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-84

  Yorke, Mantz ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858377341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8905-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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