Undergraduate student engagement at a Chinese university: a case study

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-127

  Zhang, Zhe ^a,b   Hu, Wenhua ^c   McNamara, Olwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese student engagement; Higher education; Influencing factors; Shock students; Student staff interaction; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929959393     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-015-9213-x     Document Type: Article

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