Contextualising practice: Hallmarks of effective teachers of writing

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 583-590

  Parr, Judy M ^a   Limbrick, Libby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contextualising practice; Teacher effectiveness; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349086200     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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