Reconceptualising the role of teachers as assessors: teacher assessment identity

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 442-467

  Looney, Anne ^a,b,c   Cumming, Joy ^b   van Der Kleij, Fabienne ^b   Harris, Karen ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

assessment identity; assessment literacy; Teacher identity; teachers work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008223842     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2016.1268090     Document Type: Review

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