Influence of teachers' perceptions of teaching and learning on the implementation of Assessment for Learning in inquiry study

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-432

  Mui So, Winnie Wing ^a   Hoi Lee, Theodore Tai ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

assessment for learning; inquiry study; rubrics; teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860679504     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2011.577409     Document Type: Article

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