Students’ conceptions about a fair assessment of their learning

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 10-16

  Murillo, F Javier ^a   Hidalgo, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fairness; Phenomenographic research; Pupils conceptions of assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010686562     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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