Pushing learners to work through tests and marks: Motivating or demotivating? A case in a Taiwanese university

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-77

  Huang, Shu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84859821307     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2010.510898     Document Type: Article

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