Changing assessment in higher education: A model in support of institution-wide improvement

Assessment, Learning and Judgement in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 193-213

  Macdonald, Ranald ^a   Joughin, Gordon ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84885730688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8905-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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