‘Will I learn what I want to learn?’ Usable representations, ‘students’ and OECD assessment production

Discourse

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 700-711

  Shahjahan, Riyad A ^a   Morgan, Clara ^b   Nguyen, David J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

international student assessments; learning outcomes; OECD; representation; Stuart Hall; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936744137     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2014.986715     Document Type: Article

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