Enhancing the role of assessment in curriculum reform in chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-97

  Holme, Thomas ^a   Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^b   Cooper, Melanie ^c   Lewis, Jennifer ^d   Paek, Pamela ^e   Pienta, Norbert ^f   Stacy, Angelica ^g   Stevens, Ron ^h   Towns, Marcy ⁱ  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Center for Assessment   (United States)

^f E11 SSH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UCLA / Learning Chameleon   (United States)

ⁱ PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Metacognition; Problem solving; Research based curriculum reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955813166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c005352j     Document Type: Article

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