Development of an instrument for assessing elementary school students' Written Expression in Science

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-290

  Wang, Jing Ru ^a   Chen, Shin Feng ^a   Tsay, Reuy Fen ^a   Chou, Ching Ting ^a   Lin, Sheau Wen ^a   Kao, Huey Lien ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Language proficiency; Scientific literacy; Written expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052523734     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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