Student evaluation to improve the student learning experience: An Australian university case study

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 615-627

  Tucker, Beatrice M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

quality assurance; quality improvement; student evaluation of teaching; student perceptions; teaching and unit evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887899461     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803611.2013.834615     Document Type: Article

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