Assessing Writing Oct 2018

Connecting writing assessment with critical thinking: An exploratory study of alternative rhetorical functions and objects of enquiry in writing prompts

Fulan Liu ; Paul Stapleton
Journal
Assessing Writing
Published
2018-10-01
DOI
10.1016/j.asw.2018.09.001
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