Interpretations of formative assessment in the teaching of English at two Chinese universities: A sociocultural perspective

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 831-846

  Chen, Qiuxian ^a   Kettle, Margaret ^b   Klenowski, Val ^b   May, Lyn ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese Higher Education; English language teaching (ELT); formative assessment; sociocultural perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887887265     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.726963     Document Type: Article

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