Assessment of student problem-solving on Ill-defined tasks

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-427

  Leighton, Jacqueline P ^a   Rogers, W Todd ^a   Maguire, Thomas O ^a  

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