Students’ conceptions of assessment purposes in a low stakes secondary-school context: A mixed methodology approach

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-41

  Solomonidou, Georgia ^a   Michaelides, Michalis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Assessment conceptions; Cyprus; Educational assessment; Lower secondary school; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010589398     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2016.12.001     Document Type: Article

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