Students’ conceptions of assessment: Links to outcomes

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-17

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Hirschfeld, Gerrit H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 85066227830     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701876003     Document Type: Article

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