Conceptualising and measuring student engagement through the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE): A critique

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 475-486

  Hagel, Pauline ^a   Carr, Rodney ^a   Devlin, Marcia ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUSSE; learner engagement; NSSE; post secondary education; student engagement; time on task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862080843     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.545870     Document Type: Article

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