The use of latent semantic analysis as a tool for the quantitative assessment of understanding and knowledge

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-36

  Shapiro, Amy M ^a   Mcnamara, Danielle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034378819     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/M811-G475-WKMX-X0JH     Document Type: Article

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