Formative assessment: translating high-level curriculum principles into classroom practice

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-114

  Clark, Ian ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS   (Japan)

Author keywords

classroom practice; curriculum design; curriculum principles; formative assessment; interaction; lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921761697     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2014.990911     Document Type: Article

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