Priceless conceptual thresholds: Beyond the 'stuck place' in writing

London Review of Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-247

  Wisker, Gina ^a   Savin Baden, Maggi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Conceptual thresholds; Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749138883     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460903290207     Document Type: Article

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