Modeling the Relationship Between Perceptions of Assessment Tasks and Classroom Assessment Environment as a Function of Gender

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-104

  Alkharusi, Hussain ^a   Aldhafri, Said ^a   Alnabhani, Hilal ^a   Alkalbani, Muna ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Ministry of Education Sultanate of Oman   (Oman)

Author keywords

Assessment environment; Assessment tasks; Classroom assessment; Educational assessment; Students' perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896505235     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-013-0090-0     Document Type: Article

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