Improving the quality of contextualized questions: An experimental investigation of focus

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-232

  Ahmed, Ayesha ^a   Pollitt, Alastair ^a  

^a Cambridge Exam Research   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959950702     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701478909     Document Type: Article

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