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Abrami, P.C., d’Apollonia, S., Rosenfield, S. (2007). The Dimensionality of Student Ratings of Instruction: What We Know and What We Do Not* . In: Perry, R.P., Smart, J.C. (eds) The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: An Evidence-Based Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5742-3_10
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