A question of choice: The implications of assessing expressive writing in multiple genres

Assessing Writing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-70

  Goldberg, Gail Lynn ^a   Roswell, Barbara Sherr ^a   Michaels, Hillary ^a  

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EID: 0042764702     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-2935(99)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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