Using self- and peer-assessments for summative purposes: analysing the relative validity of the AASL (Authentic Assessment for Sustainable Learning) model

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 840-853

  Kearney, Sean ^a   Perkins, Timothy ^a   Kennedy Clark, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASPAL; assessment; self assessment; summative; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930608715     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1039484     Document Type: Article

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