Assessing cognitive skills of pharmacy students in a biomedical sciences module using a classification of multiple-choice item categories according to bloom's taxonomy

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Winter 2001 by Knecht, Kathryn T

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Kathryn T. Knecht

Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, 525 S. Main Street, Ada OH 45810

Am. J. Pharm. Educ., 65, 324-334(2001); received 6/27/00, accepted 10/20/01.