Using Concept Maps to Assess Student Learning in the Science Classroom: Must Different Methods Compete?

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1103-1127

  Rice, Diana C ^a   Ryan, Joseph M ^b   Samson, Sara M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c Midlands Technical College   (United States)

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EID: 0000938288     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199812)35:10<1103::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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