Incorporating partial credit in computer-aided assessment of Mathematics in secondary education

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-119

  Ashton, Helen S ^a   Beevers, Cliff E ^b   Korabinski, Athol A ^b   Youngson, Martin A ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMES; COMPUTER-AIDED ASSESSMENT; DISCREPANCIES; MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644974234     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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