A preliminary analysis of teacher perceptions of the effects of NAPLAN on pedagogy and curriculum

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-314

  Thompson, Greg ^a   Harbaugh, Allen G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum and pedagogy; High stakes testing; NAPLAN; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881597608     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: 22105328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-013-0093-0     Document Type: Article

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