Don't worry, be happy: Instructor likability, student perceptions of learning, and teacher ratings in upper-level sociology courses

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-231

  Delucchi, Michael ^a  

^a University of Hawaii West Oahu   (United States)

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EID: 0034336782     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318991     Document Type: Article

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