Computers and Composition Mar 2004

Looking for sources of coherence in a fragmented world: Notes toward a new assessment design

Kathleen Blake Yancey Clemson University
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Computers and Composition
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2004-03-01
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10.1016/j.compcom.2003.08.024
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