Understanding Student Evaluations: What All Faculty Should Know

College Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-31

  Hobson, Suzanne M ^a   Talbot, Donna M ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348892858     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550109595842     Document Type: Article

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