Item-writing rules: Collective wisdom

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-364

  Frey, Bruce B ^a   Petersen, Stephanie ^a   Edwards, Lisa M ^a   Pedrotti, Jennifer Teramoto ^a   Peyton, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment; Item writing rules; Teacher made tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144404499     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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