Rhetoric and Reality in Science Performance Assessments: An Update

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1045-1063

  Ruiz Primo, Maria Araceli ^a   Shavelson, Richard J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001218229     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199612)33:10<1045::AID-TEA1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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