The Effects of Task Sequence on Examinee Performance

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-21

  McKinley, Danette W ^a,b   Boulet, John R ^a  

^a Educ Commn for For Med Graduates   (United States)

^b Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1442275441     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1601_5     Document Type: Article

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