Valid and reliable authentic assessment of culminating student performance in the biomedical sciences

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-93

  Oh, Deborah M ^a   Kim, Joshua M ^a   Garcia, Raymond E ^a   Krilowicz, Beverly L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capstone course; Higher education sciences; Interrater reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344452376     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00039.2004     Document Type: Article

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