Exploring the emotions of international students about their feedback experiences

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 1-15

  Olave Encina, Karen ^a,b   Moni, Karen ^a   Renshaw, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Feedback; higher education; international students; research method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85087785172     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1786020     Document Type: Article

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