Making students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness effective: The critical issues of validity, bias, and utility

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1187-1197

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Roche, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000303092     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.11.1187     Document Type: Article

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