On the use of students' science notebooks as an assessment tool

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-85

  Ruiz Primo, Maria A ^a   Li, Min ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 2442452746     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(04)90004-1     Document Type: Article

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