Assessing pupils' skills in experimentation

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 66-72

  Hammann, Marcus ^a   Phan, Thi Thanh Hoi ^b   Ehmer, Maike ^c   Grimm, Tobias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b VINH UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^d Institut für Geographie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Experimentation; Multiple choice test items; Practical test; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149111367     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2008.9656113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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