Teacher Ratings of Three Psychological Report Styles

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Pelco, Lynn E ^a   Ward, Sandra B ^a   Coleman, Lindsay ^b   Young, Julie ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Williamsburg James City County Public Schools ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; readability psychological; report writing; teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149144016     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.3.1.19     Document Type: Article

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