Assessment in early primary education: An empirical study of five school contexts

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 441-460

  Deluca, Christopher ^a   Hughes, Scott ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; early primary education; elementary education; evaluation; Froebel; independent; Montessori; observation; public; teacher practice; Waldorf

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907524887     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2014.944722     Document Type: Article

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