Assessing student problem-solving skills with complex computer-based tasks

Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1-21

  Vendlinski, Terry ^a   Stevens, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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