Dilemmatic spaces: High-stakes testing and the possibilities of collaborative knowledge work to generate learning innovations

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 379-399

  Singh, Parlo ^a   Märtsin, Mariann ^a   Glasswell, Kathryn ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

affect; assessment data; boundary crossing; dilemmatic spaces; knowledge work; recontextualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924747031     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2014.976853     Document Type: Article

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