Computers and Composition Sep 2014

Design Thinking and the Wicked Problem of Teaching Writing

Carrie S. Leverenz
Journal
Computers and Composition
Published
2014-09-01
DOI
10.1016/j.compcom.2014.07.001
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing pedagogy multimodality

Citation Context

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