From conception to performance: How undergraduate students conceptualise and construct essays

Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-469

  Campbell, Jennifer ^a   Smith, David ^a   Brooker, Ross ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 22444456510     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003451627898     Document Type: Article

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