Permutational multiple-choice questions: An objective and efficient alternative to essay-type examination questions

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Farthing, Dave W ^a   Jones, Dave M ^a   McPhee, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple choice questions; Student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344273778     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/290320.283036     Document Type: Article

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