Selecting test item types to evaluate library skills

Research Strategies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-132

  Fagan, Jody Condit ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Library instruction; Response style; Test construction; Test items; Test validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644271956     PISSN: 07343310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-3310(02)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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