Assessing-to-learn: Formative assessment in physics instruction

Physics Teacher

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 428-433

  Dufresne, Robert J ^a   Gerace, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 85007481040     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1804662     Document Type: Article

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12. The examples of assessing-to-learn items presented here are based on materials contained in the Minds-On-Physics curriculum published by Kendall/Hunt.