Fuzzy set approach to the assessment of student-centered learning

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-241

  Ma, Jian ^a   Zhou, Duanning ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CRITERION-REFERENCED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES; LEARNING ASSESSMENT; STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING; TEACHER-CENTERED LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0034187628     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.848079     Document Type: Article

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