Evaluating assessment practices: The academic staffperspective

Improving Student Engagement and Development through Assessment: Theory and practice in higher education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-72

  Deepwell, Frances ^a   Benfield, Greg ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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