Student evaluation of instruction: What can be learned from students' written comments?

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Alhija, Fadia Nasser Abu ^a   Fresko, Barbara ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

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EID: 64949185309     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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