Moving beyond face value: Re-envisioning higher education evaluation as a generator of professional knowledge

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-745

  Darwin, Stephen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collaborative engagement; learning evaluation; student evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866031885     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2011.565114     Document Type: Article

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