Bridging the educational research-teaching practice gap: Tools for evaluating the quality of assessment instruments

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Anderson, Trevor R ^a   Rogan, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assessment; Design; Item analysis; Quality; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349101894     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20362     Document Type: Article

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