The ETS iSkills™ Assessment: A digital age tool

Electronic Library

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-171

  Somerville, Mary M ^a   Smith, Gordon W ^b   Macklin, Alexius Smith ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Communication technologies; Literacy; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949109873     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470810864064     Document Type: Article

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