Assessing learning quality: Reconciling institutional, staff and educational demands

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-16

  Biggs, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 79955537907     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293960210101     Document Type: Article

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