Improving students’ capacity to show their knowledge, understanding and skills in exams by using combined question and answer papers

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-84

  Crisp, Victoria ^a  

^a University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Answering questions; Assessment; Design of examinations; Examinations; Student test performance; Test response format

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015055569     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701692536     Document Type: Article

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