Reframing assessment as if learning were important

Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education: Learning for the Longer Term

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 14-26

  Boud, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203964309     Document Type: Chapter

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