Formative assessment in the Grenadian lower secondary school: teachers’ perceptions, attitudes and practices

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 398-411

  Young, James E J ^a   Jackman, Mary Grace Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

assessment for learning; formative assessment; student centred; trained teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907629691     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2014.919248     Document Type: Article

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