Retest effects in matrix test performance: Differential impact of predictors at different hierarchy levels in an educational setting

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-601

  Freund, Philipp Alexander ^a   Holling, Heinz ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term retest effect; Matrix items; Multilevel modeling; Parallel tests; Retest effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052407465     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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