Learning to mark: Exemplars, dialogue and participation in assessment communities

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 888-900

  Handley, Karen ^a   den Outer, Birgit ^a   Price, Margaret ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contract lecturers; criterion referenced assessment; dialogue; exemplars; participation; situated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890427654     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.806438     Document Type: Article

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