Dimensions of Context Assessment

Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 3-37

  Kuger, Susanne ^a   Klieme, Eckhard ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background questionnaires; Context assessment; Educational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85151499025     PISSN: 2367170X     EISSN: 23671718     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45357-6_1     Document Type: Chapter

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