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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Promozione e sviluppo di competenze nei contesti scolastici, universitari e formativi

Developing the skills of university teachers in the perspective of formative assessment: An evaluation research on a training program for teachers of Myanmar’ universities

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/exioa1-2020oa10076
Submitted
giugno 24, 2020
Published
2020-06-24

Abstract

This paper concerns a quantitative evaluation research on a training program aimed at developing the evaluation skills of Burmese faculty teachers in the formative assessment perspective.

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