The more things change, the more they stay the same: A survey of high school students' writing experiences

Research in the Teaching of English

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-299

  Scherff, Lisa ^a   Piazza, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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