Assessing knowledge structure in accounting education: An application of Pathfinder Associative Networks

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-195

  Curtis, Mary B ^a   Davis, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment technique; Knowledge structure; Pathfinder; Structural assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042709523     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-5751(03)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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