The Use of Rubrics in Benchmarking and Assessing Employability Skills

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-344

  Riebe, Linda ^a   Jackson, Denise ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessing learning; assessment of students' learning; assessment rubrics; higher education; levels of education teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900404806     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562913511437     Document Type: Article

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