Explicit, latent and meta-criteria: Types of criteria at play in professional judgement practice

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-52

  Wyatt Smith, Claire ^a   Klenowski, Val ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

criteria and standards; disciplinarity; professional judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873415820     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2012.725030     Document Type: Article

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