Assessing and teaching what we value: The relationship between college-level writing and critical thinking abilities

Assessing Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-75

  Condon, William ^a   Kelly Riley, Diane ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing; College level writing; Critical thinking; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542491169     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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