Faculty and Students Conceptions of Assessment in Higher Education

Higher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-133

  Fletcher, Richard B ^a   Meyer, Luanna H ^b   Anderson, Helen ^c   Johnston, Patricia ^d   Rees, Malcolm ^e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d TE WHARE WANANGA O AWANUIARANGI   (New Zealand)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis of conceptions of assessment; Higher education assessment; Latent means differences; Tertiary assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860558131     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9484-1     Document Type: Article

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