Predicting teachers' intentions to implement school-based assessment using the theory of planned behaviour

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 83-97

  Yan, Zi ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Rasch measurement; school based assessment; teachers; theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897653891     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803611.2013.877394     Document Type: Article

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