An integrated system for educational performance measurement, modeling and management at the classroom level

TQM Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-136

  Grygoryev, Kostyantyn ^a   Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Educational tests; Performance measures; Quality; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATIONAL TESTS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; QUALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 18844398413     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780510583209     Document Type: Article

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