Formative assessment to support students’ competences in inquiry-based science education

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Grob, Regula ^a   Holmeier, Monika ^a   Labudde, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Inquiry based science education; Student competences

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026490820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7771/1541-5015.1673     Document Type: Article

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