Does the use of student feedback questionnaires improve the overall quality of teaching?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 411-425

  Kember, David ^a   Leung, Doris Y P ^a   Kwan, K P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 12144257897     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293022000009294     Document Type: Article

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