Conceptualising teachers' assessment literacies in an era of curriculum and assessment reform

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-256

  Willis, Jill ^a   Adie, Lenore ^a   Klenowski, Val ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment literacies; Assessment reform; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877071564     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: 22105328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-013-0089-9     Document Type: Article

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