Spanish university assessment practices: examination tradition with diversity by faculty

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 379-397

  Panadero, Ernesto ^a   Fraile, Juan ^b   Fernández Ruiz, Javier ^a   Castilla Estévez, David ^a   Ruiz, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

assessment evidence; assessment instrument design; discipline; educational level; Higher education assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057259756     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1512553     Document Type: Article

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