What are they thinking? Automated analysis of student writing about acid-base chemistry in introductory biology

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-293

  Haudek, Kevin C ^a   Prevost, Luanna B ^a   Moscarella, Rosa A ^b,d   Merrill, John ^c   Urban Lurain, Mark ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STUDENT; THINKING; UNIVERSITY; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; THINKING; UNIVERSITIES; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866000686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-08-0084     Document Type: Article

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