Assessment not only drives learning, it may also help learning

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-6

  Wood, Timothy ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149099565     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03237.x     Document Type: Note

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