The psychology of writing development-And its implications for assessment

Assessing Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-105

  Camp, Heather ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental assessment; Psychology; Writing development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858865464     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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