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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by Calonlan on March 1, 2020 - 8:47am

Love this! Would be great to use during first year transition work.

#2 Submitted by ... on March 3, 2020 - 10:41am

These questions (and any of the same effect) are of questionable and undocumented validity - hasn't people learned of social desirability effect? Like students will honestly respond to questions like 'I review and read round to make sure I understand the material'??? Oh yeah, sure....

The NSS should make students co-creators of their education – here’s an alternative

The National Student Survey promotes higher education as a service passively consumed by students but it should encourage students to take more responsibility for their own learning, says Neil McBride

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