Teacher assessment literacy: Surveying knowledge, conceptions and practices of classroom-based writing assessment in Hong Kong

System

Volumn 81, Issue , 2019, Pages 78-89

  Lam, Ricky ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classroom based assessment; L2 writing; Teacher assessment literacy; Writing teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060946670     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2019.01.006     Document Type: Article

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