Evaluating courses: An examination of the impact of student gender

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-199

  Darby, Jenny A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Gender; Open ended; Scales; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744913781     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690600631093     Document Type: Article

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