Assessing the Assessments: Development of a Tool To Evaluate Assessment Items in Chemistry According to Learning Outcomes

1School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 2School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia 3School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 4School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia 5School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia 6Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia 7Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia *E-mail: siegbert.schmid@sydney.edu.au

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