Junior and Senior High School EFL Teachers’ Use of Formative Assessment: A Mixed-Methods Study

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 213-233

  Saito, Hidetoshi ^a   Inoi, Shin’ichi ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85031809141     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2017.1351975     Document Type: Article

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