Investigating factors that influence item performance on ACS exams

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-350

  Schroeder, Jacob ^a   Murphy, Kristen L ^b   Holme, Thomas A ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First Year Undergraduate General; Testing Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857550683     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed101175f     Document Type: Article

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