Formative assessment of students from a Confucian heritage culture: Insights from Japan

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 180-192

  Wicking, Paul ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confucian heritage culture; English as a foreign language; formative assessment; Japan; learning oriented assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066890797     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1616672     Document Type: Article

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