Chinese students' assessment and learning experiences in a transnational higher education programme

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 70-81

  Dai, Kun ^a,b   Matthews, Kelly E ^b   Reyes, Vicente ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

articulation programme; cultural ignorance; sustainable assessment; transnational higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065742035     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1608907     Document Type: Article

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