The relationship of deep and surface study approaches on factual and applied test-bank multiple-choice question performance

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-686

  Yonker, Julie E ^a  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Application questions; Cognitive processing; Factual questions; Learning; Multiple choice tests; Study strategies; Test banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958191162     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.481041     Document Type: Article

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