Scaling Up Assessment for Learning: Progress and Prospects

Enabling Power of Assessment

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 3-17

  Carless, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment Practice; Metacognitive Strategy; Middle Management; Professional Development Activity; Summative Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85136639936     PISSN: 21982643     EISSN: 21982651     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3045-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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