Rubrics, Prototypes, and Exemplars: Categorization Theory and Systems of Writing Placement

Assessing Writing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-268

  Haswell, Richard H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

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EID: 0346933150     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-2935(99)80014-2     Document Type: Article

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