Informal formative assessment and scientific inquiry: Exploring teachers' practices and student learning

Educational Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 205-235

  Ruiz Primo, Maria Araceli ^a   Furtak, Erin Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750164034     PISSN: 10627197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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