How university teachers design assessments: a cross-disciplinary study

Higher Education

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-64

  Bearman, Margaret ^a   Dawson, Phillip ^b   Bennett, Sue ^c   Hall, Matt ^a   Molloy, Elizabeth ^a   Boud, David ^b,d   Joughin, Gordon ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic context; Academic experiences; Academic practice; Assessment; Teaching skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979639119     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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