Multiple-true-false questions reveal more thoroughly the complexity of student thinking than multiple-choice questions: a Bayesian item response model comparison
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of STEM Education
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2196-7822
DOI: 10.1186/s40594-019-0169-0