Integrating assessment, learning and instruction: Assessment of domain-specific and domain-transcending prior knowledge and progress

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-339

  Dochy, Filip J R C ^a   Moerkerke, George ^a   Martens, Rob ^a  

^a Ctr for Educ Technol/Expertise   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030497375     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-491X(96)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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