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Student evaluation of courses: what predicts satisfaction?

Nida Denson Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Thomas Loveday Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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Helen Dalton Learning and Teaching, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pages 339-356 | Received 08 Apr 2009, Accepted 07 Oct 2009, Published online: 18 Jun 2010

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