Using students' assessments to improve instructors' quality of teaching

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-376

  Davidovitch, Nitza ^a   Soen, Dan ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 34249878035     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770600965375     Document Type: Article

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