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ERIC Number: EJ279787
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Feb
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Diagnostic Tests and Criterion-Referenced Assessments: Their Contribution to the Resolution of Pupil Learning Difficulties.
Simpson, Mary; Arnold, Brian
Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, v20 n1 p36-42 Feb 1983
Suggests that failure to learn is often the result of inappropriateness of level of instruction and deficiencies in instructional procedures and educational strategies, and differentiates between the functions of criterion referenced tests and diagnostic tests. Results are reported from two studies of the teaching of osmosis and photosynthesis. (EAO)
Descriptors: Biology, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Fundamental Concepts, Learning Problems, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scotland