Evaluating course evaluations: The need to establish what is being measured

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-455

  Darby, Jenny A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67349093017     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930600898577     Document Type: Article

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