Assessment and learning: Is it time to rethink student activities and academic roles?

Revista de Investigacion Educativa

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-267

  Trevitt, Chris ^a,c   Breman, Elinor ^a   Stocks, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Curriculum and learning objectives; Self assessment; Teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879932344     PISSN: 02124068     EISSN: 19899106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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