The use of assessment criteria to ensure consistency of marking: Some implications for good practice

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-171

  Saunders, Mark N k ^a   Davis, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Quality; Standards; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986098687     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889810220465     Document Type: Article

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