Student views on criterion-referenced assessment and grading in Swedish physical education

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-225

  Redelius, Karin ^a   Hay, Peter J ^b  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; criterion referenced grading; physical education; student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859505654     PISSN: 17408989     EISSN: 17425786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2010.548064     Document Type: Article

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