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At college I took a sort of ticky box approach to doing my work. I'd say to myself, right, I've done that, I've measured that, I've read that.2006, Kay Sambell, Liz McDowell, Alistair Sambell, “Supporting diverse students: developing learner autonomy via assessment”, in Cordelia Bryan, Karen Clegg, editors, Innovative Assessment in Higher Education, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:
They were trying to figure out how to call long distance from the ticky box.2008, Paula Nangle, The Leper Compound, Bellevue Literary Press, →ISBN, page 96: