Test prediction and performance in a classroom context

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-170

  Hacker, Douglas J ^a   Bol, Linda ^b   Horgan, Dianne D ^b   Rakow, Ernest A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034144897     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.1.160     Document Type: Article

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