Writing assessment: Raters' elaboration of the rating task

Assessing Writing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-29

  DeRemer, Mary L ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0043265942     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-2935(99)80003-8     Document Type: Article

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