Validating chemistry faculty members' self-reported familiarity with assessment terminology

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1130-1136

  Emenike, Mary ^a   Raker, Jeffrey R ^b   Holme, Thomas ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General; Interdisciplinary Multidisciplinary; Second Year Undergraduate; Testing Assessment; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884200843     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400094j     Document Type: Article

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