Applying the rasch model to evaluate an implementation of the Kentucky electronics education project

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 618-625

  Ren, Weijia ^a   Bradley, Kelly D ^a   Lumpp, Janet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit building; Engineering; Program evaluation; Rasch model; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749098071     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-008-9132-4     Document Type: Article

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