Rhetoric and the writer's profile Problematizing directed self-placement

Assessing Writing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-183

  Lewiecki Wilson, Cynthia ^a   Sommers, Jeff ^a   Tassoni, John Paul ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directed student self placement; Placement assessment; Rhetorical dimensions of assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347744864     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-2935(00)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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