Exploring primary school teachers' conceptions of "Assessment for Learning"

International Education Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 69-83

  Rashid, Rosdinah Abdul ^a   Jaidin, Jainatul Halida ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Assessment for learning; Phenomenography; Primary education; Teachers' conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906352265     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v7n9p69     Document Type: Article

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