Towards an understanding of teacher judgement in the context of social moderation

Educational Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-240

  Adie, Lenore Ellen ^a   Klenowski, Valentina ^a   Wyatt Smith, Claire ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; social moderation; standards based assessment; student evaluation; teacher judgements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859861515     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2011.598919     Document Type: Article

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