Teachers and testing: An investigation into teachers' perceptions of formative assessment

Educational Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-276

  Sach, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

formative assessment; perceptions; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863323062     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2011.598684     Document Type: Article

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