Reworking practice through an AfL project: An analysis of teachers' collaborative engagement with new assessment guidelines

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-206

  Hermansen, Hege ^a   Nerland, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84894528054     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3037     Document Type: Article

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