Students' conceptions of assessment: Factorial and structural invariance of the SCoA across sex, age, and ethnicity

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Hirschfeld, Gerrit H F ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Achievement; Assessment; Conceptions; Confirmatory factor analysis; Invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449136977     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.25.1.30     Document Type: Article

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