Student engagement and student learning: Testing the linkages

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-32

  Carini, Robert M ^a   Kuh, George D ^b   Klein, Stephen P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; NSSE; Student engagement; Student learning; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544449282     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-8150-9     Document Type: Article

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