Instructors' perspectives on the utility of student ratings of instruction

Instructional Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-184

  Beran, Tanya N ^a   Rokosh, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Student evaluation; Student ratings; Teaching instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049087337     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-007-9045-2     Document Type: Article

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