One test suits all? An examination of differing assessment task formats

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-38

  Eley, Liz ^a   Caygill, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Educational assessment; Multiple choice tests; Performance based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036027258     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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