Web-based Assessment and Test Analyses (WATA) system: Development and evaluation

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-71

  Wang, T H ^a   Wang, K H ^b   Wang, W L ^b   Huang, S C ^b   Chen, S Y ^c  

^a JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Computer based testing (CBT); Pre service teacher education; Testing system; WATA (Web based Assessment and Test Analyses) system; Web based testing (WBT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042818262     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2004.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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