Exploring teachers' informal formative assessment practices and students' understanding in the context of scientific inquiry

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-84

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PRACTICES; CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES; ESRU CYCLES;

EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33846590564     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20163     Document Type: Article

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