Exploring individual and item factors that affect assessment validity for diverse learners: Results from a large-scale cognitive lab

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-276

  Winter, Phoebe C ^a   Kopriva, Rebecca J ^a   Chen, Chen Su ^a   Emick, Jessica E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33847722723     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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