Research Article
The Assessment of Complex Performance: A Socially Situated Interpretive Act
SUELLEN BUTLER SHAY
Harvard Educational Review September 2004, 74 (3) 307-329; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.74.3.wq16l67103324520
SUELLEN BUTLER SHAY
1
University of Cape Town

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