An evaluation of two different methods of assessing independent investigations in an operational pre-university level examination in biology in England

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Brown, Chris R ^a  

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EID: 0032337687     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(98)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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