Programme evaluation as an instrument for quality-assurance in a student-oriented educational system

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 355-372

  Pletinckx, Joelle ^a   Segers, Mien ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035649677     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(01)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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47. Mien S.R. Segers is Associate Professor of Evaluation and Assessment in the Department of Educational Development and Research at Maastricht University. Her research interests include evaluation on the level of quality assurance in institutions for higher education, as well as assessment of students' learning outcomes within the context of student centred learning environments such as problem based learning.
48. Joëlle Pletinckx is Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Innovation and Information Technology at Maastricht University. Her research interests include quality assurance on curriculum level and school-based evaluation within the context of student centred learning environments such as problem based learning.