Towards an integrated model for developing sustainable assessment skills

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 611-630

  Fastré, Greet M J ^a,b   van der Klink, Marcel R ^a,c   Sluijsmans, Dominique ^a,b,d   van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

interpretation of assessment; lifelong learning; self assessment; sustainable assessment skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878647438     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.674484     Document Type: Article

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