Self-directed Learning Oriented Assessments in the Asia-Pacific

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 18
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Assessment.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Psychology.

The Asia-Pacific region needs to maximize the benefits of education to enable it to compete in an economic future dominated by innovation, in which assessing student progress must be an empowering rather than delimiting factor. This detailed exposition of the theoretical basis and application tools...