Validity of a Japanese Vocabulary Test: Cognitive Analysis with Rule Space Methodology

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-424

  Kuramoto, Naoki T ^a   Scott, Hisami S ^b   Kasai, Masahiro ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Macromedia Inc   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High school students; Incidence matrix; Japanese vocabulary test; Knowledge state; Rule Space Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442351893     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.51.4_413     Document Type: Article

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