A rasch model prototype for assessing vocabulary learning resulting from different instructional methods: A preschool example

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-83

  Leung, Cynthia B ^a,b   Lang, William Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The Department of Curriculum Instruction and Technology in Education Temple University s College of Education   (United States)

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