The major functions of the open-book examination at the university level: A factor analytic study

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-170

  Theophilides, Christos ^a   Dionysiou, Omiros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0030523334     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-491X(96)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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