Assessment systems as cultural scripts: a sociocultural theoretical lens on assessment practice and products

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-192

  Elwood, Jannette ^a   Murphy, Patricia ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926469760     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2015.1021568     Document Type: Editorial

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