Student attitudes toward the assessment criteria in writing-intensive college courses

Assessing Writing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-31

  Morozov, Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment rubric; Attitudes; Critical thinking; General education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650883919     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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