Can assessment unlock and open the doors to resourcefulness and agency?

Unlocking Assessment: Understanding for Reflection and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 36-54

  Carr, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203930939     Document Type: Chapter

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