How do students with dyslexia perform in extended matching questions, short answer questions and observed structured clinical examinations?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-404

  Gibson, Sandra ^a   Leinster, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dyslexia; EMQ; Learning difficulties; OSCE; SAQ

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79960459970     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-011-9273-8     Document Type: Article

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