Performance-Based Assessment: Lessons From the Health Professions

Educational Researcher

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 5-11

  Swanson, David B ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^b   Linn, Robert L ^c  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84973721117     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X024005005     Document Type: Article

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