Value, practice and proficiency: Teachers’ complex relationship with assessment for learning

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 80, Issue , 2019, Pages 39-47

  Deneen, Christopher Charles ^a   Fulmer, Gavin W ^b   Brown, Gavin T L ^c   Tan, Kelvin ^d   Leong, Wei Shin ^d   Tay, Hui Yong ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assessment for learning; Factor analysis; Perceptions; Secondary education; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059799337     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2018.12.022     Document Type: Article

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