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Peer reviewedBarnett-Foster, Debora; Nagy, Philip – Higher Education, 1996
A study compared response strategies and error patterns of 272 college freshmen on chemistry test items in multiple choice and constructed response formats. Analysis of test data indicated no significant difference in solution strategies used or types of errors committed across test formats. However, interviews with 21 participants revealed…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Error Patterns
