Teacher formative assessment and talk in classroom contexts: Assessment as discourse and assessment of discourse

Language Testing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-359

  Leung, Constant ^a   Mohan, Bernard ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84990374217     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265532204lt287oa     Document Type: Article

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