Preparing Teachers to Use the Enabling Power of Assessment

Enabling Power of Assessment

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 303-323

  Smith, Lisa F ^a   Hill, Mary F ^b   Cowie, Bronwen ^c   Gilmore, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment Capability; Preservice Teacher; Teacher Education Program; Teacher Educator; Zealand Curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85094916220     PISSN: 21982643     EISSN: 21982651     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5902-2_19     Document Type: Chapter

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