Assessment literacy and student learning: The case for explicitly developing students 'assessment literacy'

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-60

  Smith, Calvin Douglas ^a   Worsfold, Kate ^a   Davies, Lynda ^a   Fisher, Ron ^a   McPhail, Ruth ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; assessment literacy; first year experience; first year students; student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872423405     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2011.598636     Document Type: Article

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