It Was the Best of Times. It Was a Waste of Time: University of Kentucky Students' Views of Writing under KERA

Assessing Writing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-199

  Spalding, Elizabeth ^a   Cummins, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347963865     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-2935(99)80012-9     Document Type: Article

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