Primary teachers' attitudes, intentions and practices regarding formative assessment

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-136

  Yan, Zi ^a   Cheng, Eric Chi Keung ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Path analysis; Rasch measurement; Teacher; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908326182     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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