Oral presentation as a form of summative assessment in a master's level PGCE module: The student perspective

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 662-673

  Turner, Karen ^a   Roberts, Lynn ^a   Heal, Caroline ^a   Wright, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constructive alignment; master's level presentation; oral assessment; student learning; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879661688     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.680016     Document Type: Article

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