How best to assess students' learning in work placements: Moving beyond current practice

Australian Planner

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 270-280

  Coiacetto, Eddo John ^a   Jones, Martyn ^b   Jackson, John T ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; urban and regional planning; work placement based education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858686779     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2011.593530     Document Type: Article

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