Table 1.

Scales and example items from the Course Experience Questionnaire

Scales	Items
Clear goals and standards	The aims and objectives of this course are not made very cleara
Student autonomy	Students have a great deal of choice over how they are going to learn in this course
Good teaching	The staff make a real effort to understand difficulties students may be having with their work
Appropriate workload	The sheer volume of work to be got through in this course means you can’t comprehend it all thoroughlya
Generic skills	This course has helped develop my ability to work as a team member

The scale ‘Appropriate assessment’ was excluded from the current study. ^aThe item has reversed coding