Creating a Shared Definition of Good and Bad Writing through Revision Strategies

Middle School Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 46-53

  Baer, Allison L ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84895907315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2008.11461644     Document Type: Article

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