The effect of variations in handwriting and print on evaluation of student essays

Assessing Writing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-148

  Klein, Joseph ^a   Taub, David ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Legibility; Penmanship; Writing assessment; Writing tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644458542     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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