Preparing teachers to make the formative assessment process integral to science teaching and learning

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-494

  Buck, Gayle A ^a   Trauth Nare, Amy E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Formative assessment; In service teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149103881     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9142-y     Document Type: Article

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