Use of Bloom's taxonomic complexity in online multiple choice tests in geomatics education

Survey Review

Volumn 39, Issue 305, 2007, Pages 226-237

  Iz, H Bâki ^a   Fok, H S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bloom's taxonomy; Education; Multiple choice; Online tests

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; HARDWARE; LEARNING; MULTIMEDIA; SOFTWARE; TEACHING;

EID: 34447260009     PISSN: 00396265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/003962607X165195     Document Type: Article

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