Formative and summative assessment in Hong Kong primary schools: students’ attitudes matter

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 675-699

  Guo, Wu Yuan ^a   Yan, Zi ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

affective attitude; Formative assessment; instrumental attitude; primary school; summative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061789937     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2019.1571993     Document Type: Article

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