Developing assessment practices in politics

Teaching Politics and International Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 105-122

  Blair, Alasdair ^a   McGinty, Samantha ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84996468772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137003560     Document Type: Chapter

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