Improving assessment methods in university science education with negotiated self- and peer-assessment

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-346

  Poon, Wai Yin ^a   McNaught, Carmel ^a   Lam, Paul ^a   Kwan, H S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84870580483     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940903319729     Document Type: Article

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