Assessing Writing Oct 2014

Contexts of engagement: Towards developing a model for implementing and evaluating a writing across the curriculum programme in the sciences

Ingrid A.M. McLaren
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Assessing Writing
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2014-10-01
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10.1016/j.asw.2014.03.005
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