Academics' conceptions of assessment and their assessment practices

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 84-92

  Postareff, Liisa ^a   Virtanen, Viivi ^a   Katajavuori, Nina ^a   Lindblom Ylänne, Sari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Conceptions of assessment; University teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870292537     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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