Measuring the coherence of writing using topic-based analysis

Assessing Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-104

  Todd, Richard Watson ^a   Thienpermpool, Patteera ^b   Keyuravong, Sonthida ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coherence; Marking; Topic based analysis; Writing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644366145     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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