An investigation of the reliability and validity of peer, self-, and teacher assessment

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-15

  Salehi, Mohammad ^a   Masoule, Zahra Sayyar ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

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EID: 85018702982     PISSN: 16073614     EISSN: 17279461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2016.1267577     Document Type: Article

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