Situated cognition and assessment of competence in science

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-169

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment transfer; Problem solving; Situated cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041171429     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(98)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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