Multi-level model of contextual factors and teachers’ assessment practices: an integrative review of research

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 475-494

  Fulmer, Gavin W ^a   Lee, Iris C H ^b   Tan, Kelvin H K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION   (Singapore)

Author keywords

assessment literacy; classroom assessment; conceptions of assessment; contextual factors; educational assessment; instruction; teacher views and beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941807761     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2015.1017445     Document Type: Article

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