Relationships between learning patterns and attitudes towards two assessment formats

Educational Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-98

  Birenbaum, Menucha ^a   Feldman, Rose A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment format; Assessment preferences attitudes; Learning strategies; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040575253     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188980400109     Document Type: Article

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