Using propositions for the assessment of structural knowledge

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Broers, Nick J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Conceptual understanding; MPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950838523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2009.11889513     Document Type: Article

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