An expanded framework for analyzing general chemistry exams

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Smith, K Christopher ^a   Nakhleh, Mary B ^b   Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical education research; General chemistry; Testing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955792690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c005463c     Document Type: Article

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