A Model of Cognition: The Missing Cornerstone of Assessment

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-234

  Brown, Nathaniel J S ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognition; Construct modeling; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958038920     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-011-9161-z     Document Type: Article

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