Preparing for the Plunge: Preservice Teachers' Assessment Literacy

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-391

  Siegel, Marcelle A ^a,b   Wissehr, Cathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Preservice teacher education; Secondary science

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955767697     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-011-9231-6     Document Type: Article

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