Chinese undergraduates’ perceptions of teaching quality and the effects on approaches to studying and course satisfaction

Higher Education

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-57

  Yin, Hongbiao ^a   Wang, Wenlan ^b   Han, Jiying ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; China; Course Experience Questionnaire; Course satisfaction; Teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957429375     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9887-5     Document Type: Article

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