Dynamic Problem Solving: A New Assessment Perspective

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-213

  Greiff, Samuel ^a   Wüstenberg, Sascha ^a   Funke, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

complex problem solving; dynamic linear equations; dynamic problem solving; finite state automaton; measurement; MicroDYN; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860126822     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621612439620     Document Type: Article

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