Teachers' views of their assessment practice

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-259

  Atjonen, Päivi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

assessment; educational equality; formative assessment; primary teachers; school teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900002302     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2013.874952     Document Type: Article

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