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Personalising knowledge assessments to remove compensation and thereby improve preparation for safe practice - developing content adaptive progress testing

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Personalising knowledge assessments to remove compensation and thereby improve preparation for safe practice - developing content adaptive progress testing. / Burr, S.A.; Kisielewska, J.; Zahra, D. et al.
ResearchSquare, 2022.

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Burr, SA, Kisielewska, J, Zahra, D, Hodgins, I, Robinson, I, Millin, P, Gale, T, Santos, N & Pêgo, JMGM 2022 'Personalising knowledge assessments to remove compensation and thereby improve preparation for safe practice - developing content adaptive progress testing' ResearchSquare. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1977511/v1

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Burr, S. A., Kisielewska, J., Zahra, D., Hodgins, I., Robinson, I., Millin, P., Gale, T., Santos, N., & Pêgo, J. M. G. M. (2022). Personalising knowledge assessments to remove compensation and thereby improve preparation for safe practice - developing content adaptive progress testing. ResearchSquare. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1977511/v1

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Burr SA, Kisielewska J, Zahra D, Hodgins I, Robinson I, Millin P et al. Personalising knowledge assessments to remove compensation and thereby improve preparation for safe practice - developing content adaptive progress testing. ResearchSquare. 2022 Aug 23. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1977511/v1

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Burr, S.A. ; Kisielewska, J. ; Zahra, D. et al. / Personalising knowledge assessments to remove compensation and thereby improve preparation for safe practice - developing content adaptive progress testing. ResearchSquare, 2022.

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