Validating a teaching survey which drives increased response rates in a unit survey

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-439

  Tucker, Beatrice ^a   Oliver, Beverley ^a   Gupta, Ritu ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

higher education; student evaluation of teaching; student perceptions; surveys; teaching evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879655058     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2012.725224     Document Type: Article

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