Anatomy of a physics test: Validation of the physics items on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Marshall, Jill A ^a   Hagedorn, Eric A ^b   O'Connor, Jerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c San Antonio College   (United States)

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EID: 67650446507     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010104     Document Type: Article

References (20)

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