Students' interpersonal trust and attitudes towards standardised tests: Exploring affective variables related to student assessment

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-192

  Chu, Man Wai ^a   Guo, Qi ^a   Leighton, Jacqueline P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

affective variables; standardised testing; student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887577913     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2013.844094     Document Type: Article

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