Rating scale instruments and measurement

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-289

  Cavanagh, Robert F ^a   Romanoski, Joseph T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom learning culture; Learning environments; Measurement; Rasch Model; Rating scale instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846952109     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-006-9011-y     Document Type: Article

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