Investigating differences in the writing performance of international and Generation 1.5 students

Language Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-559

  di Gennaro, Kristen ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Generation 1.5; Placement testing; Rasch measurement; Second language writing performance; Writing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350534356     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532209340190     Document Type: Article

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