Putting student evaluations into perspective: The Course Experience Quality and Satisfaction Model (CEQS)

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Grace, Debra ^a   Weaven, Scott ^a   Bodey, Kelli ^a   Ross, Mitchell ^a   Weaven, Keith ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ); Programme evaluation; Student satisfaction; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863878435     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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