The relevance and consequences of pisa science in a danish context

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-592

  Dolin, Jens ^a   Krogh, Lars Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bildung; Danish context; PISA; Test validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952319619     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9207-6     Document Type: Article

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