Perceptions and realities in the functions and processes of assessment

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-61

  Taras, Maddalena ^a   Davies, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; formative; function; practice; process; science; summative; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875105435     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787412467128     Document Type: Article

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