E-assessment within the bologna paradigm: Evidence from Portugal

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 819-830

  Ferrão, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

E assessment; Measurement error; Open ended tests; Reliability; Statistics learning assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955641150     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930903060990     Document Type: Article

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