Establishing a foundation for valid teacher judgement on student learning: The role of pre-service assessment education

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-126

  DeLuca, Christopher ^a   Chavez, Teresa ^a   Cao, Chunhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; assessment education; confidence; pre service teacher candidates; teacher education; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873418637     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2012.668870     Document Type: Article

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