Developing a classification tool based on bloom's taxonomy to assess the cognitive level of short essay questions

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-267

  Van Hoeij, Maggy J W ^a,b,c   Haarhuis, Jan C M ^b   Wierstra, Ronny F A ^b   Van Beukelen, Peter ^b  

^a Dept of Educ and Student Affirs ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; EVALUATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TAXONOMY; TEACHER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 7044241087     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.31.3.261     Document Type: Article

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