Dynamic assessment, tutor mediation and academic writing development

Assessing Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-70

  Shrestha, Prithvi ^a   Coffin, Caroline ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic literacies; Dynamic assessment; Tutor mediation; Writing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855812946     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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