Skills development in ‘sustained’ content-based curricula: Case studies in analytical/critical thinking and academic writing

Language and Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 278-305

  Pally, Marcia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937345353     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780108666814     Document Type: Article

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