E-mail–Based Formative Assessment: A Chronicle of Research Inspired Practice

by: Carl Anthony Doige

This article describes an e-mail–based formative assessment program, which was established to encourage students to revisit first-year general chemistry material regularly in a low-risk and supportive environment.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2012Stock # jcst12_041_06_32Volume 041Issue 06

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