Weekly mini-examinations (quizzes) based on extended-matching questions as a means for monitoring medical student performance

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-287

  Fenderson, Bruce A ^a   Fishback, James ^b   Damjanov, Ivan ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education, medical; Educational measurement; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PERFORMANCE; STRESS;

EID: 0030447485     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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