Targeted assessment of students' interdisciplinary work: An empirically grounded framework proposed

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-237

  Mansilla, Veronica Boix ^a   Duraising, Elizabeth Dawes ^a,b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b Project Zero   (United States)

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EID: 34147223734     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2007.0008     Document Type: Article

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