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Science 25 January 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5862, pp. 414 - 415
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147852
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Education Forum

ASSESSMENT:
Application of Bloom's Taxonomy Debunks the "MCAT Myth"

Alex Y. Zheng1 Janessa K. Lawhorn,1 Thomas Lumley,2 Scott Freeman1*

Analyses of questions that evaluate critical thinking, from college placement and medical school admission examinations, suggest improvements to college teaching methods.

1Department of Biology, Box 355320, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

2Department of Biostatistics, Box 57232, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: srf991{at}u.washington.edu

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