Assessment choices to target higher order learning outcomes: The power of academic empowerment

Research in Learning Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-296

  McNeill, Margot ^a   Gosper, Maree ^a   Xu, Jing ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Confidence; Curriculum alignment; Educational technologies; Higher order learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874064210     PISSN: 21567069     EISSN: 21567077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.17595     Document Type: Article

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