The impact of accountability on teachers' assessments of student performance: A social cognitive analysis

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-239

  Krolak Schwerdt, Sabine ^a   Böhmer, Matthias ^a   Gräsel, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; Social cognition; Student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878809442     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-013-9215-9     Document Type: Article

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