Are extended-matching multiple-choice items appropriate for a final test in medical education?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 390-395

  Beullens, Johan ^a   Van Damme, Bo ^a   Jaspaert, Hendrik ^a   Janssen, Piet J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BELGIUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036050626     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159021000000843     Document Type: Article

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