Poetry Feedback That Feeds Forward: A System of Formative Assessment Can Help Students Track Progress, Define and Set Goals on Their Own, Peer Evaluate More Effectively, and Ultimately Contribute to Gains in Both Academic Skills, Deep Learning, and Positive Attitudes Toward Poetry in General

Middle School Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 24-31

  Patel, Pooja ^a   Laud, Leslie E ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b Director of thinkSRSD in Wellesley   (United States)

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EID: 85066490179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2015.11461917     Document Type: Article

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