Doing course evaluation as if learning matters most

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-106

  Edström, Kristina ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Course development; Course evaluation; Evaluation policy; System alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953956720     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360701805234     Document Type: Article

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