The focus of teacher and student concerns in discipline-specific writing by university students

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-355

  Storch, Neomy ^a   Tapper, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0012542833     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758484345     Document Type: Article

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