Grading student problem solutions: The challenge of sending a consistent message

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-169

  Henderson, Charles ^a,c   Yerushalmi, Edit ^b,c   Kuo, Vince H ^c   Heller, Patricia ^d   Heller, Kenneth ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 1042268260     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1634963     Document Type: Article

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