Collaborative Test Taking: Benefits for Learning and Retention

College Teaching

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-220

  Bloom, Davida ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative testing; examinations; information retention; learning assessment; student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954551248     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550903218646     Document Type: Article

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