Classroom processes that support effective assessment

Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 335-350

  Cowie, Bronwen ^a   Harrison, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315749136-27     Document Type: Chapter

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