The technique Development of assessing preschool children's creativity in science: An embedded assessment design

Journal of Research in Education Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-142

  Hou, Ya Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Embedded assessment; Flow experience; Hands on science; Preschool children's science creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965108111     PISSN: 2073753X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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