Investigating the cognitive complerrity of science assessments

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Baxter, Gail P ^a   Glaser, Robert ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0002068257     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1998.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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