Performance assessment in science-what are we measuring?

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-194

  Kind, Per Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0033474563     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-491x(99)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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