Prospective Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment: A cross-cultural comparison

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-89

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Remesal, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Conceptions; Multi group confirmatory factor analysis; Prospective teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863419038     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2012.v15.n1.37286     Document Type: Article

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