STEM academic teachers’ experiences of undertaking authentic assessment-led reform: a mixed method approach

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 1797-1808

  Hains Wesson, Rachael ^a   Pollard, Vikki ^b   Kaider, Friederika ^c   Young, Karen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Holmesglen Institute   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment led reform; authentic assessment; STEM education renewal; teacher perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063143788     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1593350     Document Type: Article

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