Helping preservice teachers learn to assess writing: Practice and feedback in a Web-based environment

Assessing Writing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-61

  Dempsey, Michael S ^a   PytlikZillig, Lisa M ^a   Bruning, Roger H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Feedback; Primary school; Rubric; Teacher candidates; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849114397     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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