APPLICATION OF GENERALIZABILITY THEORY IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE QUALITY OF JOURNAL WRITING IN MATHEMATICS

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 371-383

  Nie, Youyan ^a   Yeo, Shu Mei ^a   Lau, Shun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 34548026043     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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