The mediation of technology in ESL writing and its implications for writing assessment

Assessing Writing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-21

  Li, Jiang ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer assisted writing; Computer based writing; Higher and lower level revisions; Higher and lower order thinking processes; Mediation; Think aloud protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645999651     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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