Effectiveness and management of portfolio assessment in high-enrollment courses

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-242

  Astwood, Philip Merritt ^a,c   Slater, Timothy Frederick ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Science Education   (United States)

^d University of South Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Education geoscience; Education testing and evaluation; Education undergraduate; Engineering and environmental geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001381173     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-45.3.238     Document Type: Article

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