A case study of assessment of graduate learning outcomes at the programme, course and task level

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 492-506

  Hughes, Clair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; graduate learning outcomes; programme assessment; task design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877803312     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.658020     Document Type: Article

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