Student Evaluation of Instruction: In the New Paradigm of Distance Education

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-486

  Liu, Ou Lydia ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; eSIR; Hierarchical linear modeling; Learning outcomes; Student evaluation of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860116473     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9236-1     Document Type: Article

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