Aligning formative and summative assessments: A collaborative action research challenging teacher conceptions

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Gulikers, Judith T M ^a   Biemans, Harm J A ^a   Wesselink, Renate ^a   van der Wel, Marjan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alignment; Collaborative action research; Formative assessment; Summative assessment; Teacher conceptions; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878111101     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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