Teachers’ attitudes and practices towards formative assessment in primary schools

Journal of Social Studies Education Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 161-175

  Ahmedi, Vjollca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Formative assessment; Practice; Primary education; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073470000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13099108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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