Evaluating students' science notebooks as an assessment tool

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1477-1506

  Ruiz Primo, Maria A ^a   Li, Min ^b   Ayala, Carlos ^c   Shavelson, Richard F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10344221042     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069042000177299     Document Type: Article

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