Assessing tenth-grade students' problem solving ability online in the area of Earth sciences

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1971-1981

  Chang, Chun Yen ^a   Barufaldi, James P ^b   Lin, Ming Chao ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Problem solving; Science education; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; EARTH SCIENCES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY (PSA); REASONING SKILLS (RS); SCIENCE EDUCATION; SECONDARY SCHOOLS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33846580126     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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