Establishing the critical elements that determine authentic assessment

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-222

  Ashford Rowe, Kevin ^a   Herrington, Janice ^b   Brown, Christine ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; authentic assessment; authentic learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890855833     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.819566     Document Type: Article

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