Assessing critical thinking in the writing of Japanese university students: Insights about assumptions and content familiarity

Written Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 506-548

  Stapleton, Paul ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0012164147     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088301018004004     Document Type: Article

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