The impact of conceptions of assessment on assessment literacy in a teacher education program

Cogent Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Deneen, Christopher Charles ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assessment literacy; Conceptions of assessment; Pre service teachers; Teacher education; Teacher education curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039055474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2331186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2016.1225380     Document Type: Article

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