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ERIC Number: EJ708792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec-1
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
What Do College Examinations Accomplish?
Petress, Ken
College Student Journal, v38 n4 p521 Dec 2004
New instructors and students frequently are unfamiliar with examination types and rationales. This article surveys exam types and the motives for employing each of these testing methods.
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Students, Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Testing
Project Innovation, Inc., P.O. Box 8508, Spring Hill Station, Mobile, AL 36689-0508. Web site: http://journals825.home.mindspring.com/csj/html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Students; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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