Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: Students as stakeholders

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-123

  McDowell, Liz ^a   Sambell, Kay ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84956722752     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832990050202     Document Type: Article

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