Specificity of structural assessment of knowledge

Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-33

  Trumpower, David L ^a   Sharara, Harold ^a   Goldsmith, Timothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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