The relationship between students' approaches to learning and the assessment of learning outcomes

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-341

  Gijbels, David ^a   Van De Watering, Gerard ^b   Dochy, Filip ^b,c   Van Den Bossche, Piet ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Assessment; Multiple choice questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344440825     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173560     Document Type: Article

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