The Invisible Interface: MS Word in the Writing Center

Computers and Composition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-415

  Buck, Amber M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based tutoring; MS Word; Tutor training; Writing centers

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349159490     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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