Support for assessment practice: developing the Assessment Design Decisions Framework

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 545-556

  Bearman, Margaret ^a   Dawson, Phillip ^a,c   Bennett, Sue ^d   Hall, Matt ^a   Molloy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; decision making; educational design; feedback; higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961391612     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1160217     Document Type: Article

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