Impact of assessment on students' learning strategies and implications for judging assessment quality

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 196-201

  Segers, M ^a   Dochy, F ^b   Gijbels, D ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment effects; Assessment for learning; Backwash effects of assessment; Post assessment effects; Pre assessment effects; Pure assessment effects; Quality indicators; True assessment effects; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884457647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01625-0     Document Type: Chapter

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