How much feedback is enough?: Instructor practices and student attitudes toward error treatment in second language writing

Assessing Writing

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-35

  McMartin Miller, Cristine ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error treatment; Feedback; Second language writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891629010     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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