Formative assessment in an online learning environment to support flexible on-the-job learning in complex professional domains

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-324

  van Gog, Tamara ^a   Sluijsmans, Dominique M A ^a   Brinke, Desirée Joosten ten ^a   Prins, Frans J ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Instructional design; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551636748     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-008-9099-0     Document Type: Article

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