Assessing Writing Jan 2016

Features of difficult-to-score essays

Edward W. Wolfe Pearson (United States) ; Tian Song Pearson (United States) ; Hong Jiao University of Maryland, College Park
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Assessing Writing
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2016-01-01
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10.1016/j.asw.2015.06.002
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