A systematic review on factors influencing teachers’ intentions and implementations regarding formative assessment

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 228-260

  Yan, Zi ^a   Li, Ziqi ^a   Panadero, Ernesto ^b,c   Yang, Min ^a   Yang, Lan ^a   Lao, Hongling ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

assessment for learning; Formative assessment; implementation; intention; teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 85100516588     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2021.1884042     Document Type: Article

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