Student teaching evaluations: Options and concerns

Journal of Construction Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-29

  Senior, Bolivar A ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Dr. Fox effect; Grading leniency; Instructional improvement; Teaching evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042649056     PISSN: 15228150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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