Students' engagement in first-year university

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-505

  Krause, Kerri Lee ^a   Coates, Hamish ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

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EID: 77950361434     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930701698892     Document Type: Article

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