Tutoring the end-of-studies dissertation: Helping psychology students find their academic voice when revising academic texts

Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-115

  Castelló, Montserrat ^a   Iñesta, Anna ^a   Pardo, Marta ^a   Liesa, Eva ^a   Martínez Fernández, Reinaldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic voice; Academic writing; Higher education; Revision strategies; Teaching writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255134345     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9428-9     Document Type: Article

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