Developing good multiple-choice tests and test questions

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-384

  Fuhrman, Miriam ^a,b,c  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b MIT

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education geoscience; Education testing and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038666016     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-44.4.379     Document Type: Article

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