Instructor feedback for college writing assignments in introductory classes

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Dorow, Laura G ^a,c   Boyle, Mary E ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College; Feedback; Instructor; Student; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083513     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022820925481     Document Type: Article

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