Writing assessment literacy: Surveying second language teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and practices

Assessing Writing

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-56

  Crusan, Deborah ^a   Plakans, Lia ^b   Gebril, Atta ^c,d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^d The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Assessment literacy; Teacher beliefs; Teacher knowledge; Writing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962717131     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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