An evaluation of pedagogically informed parameterised questions for self-assessment

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-248

  Sitthisak, Onjira ^a   Gilbert, Lester ^a   Davis, Hugh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency; IMS QTI; Ontology; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 52149083005     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439880802324210     Document Type: Article

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