Peer Observation of Teaching: Perceptions of the Observer and the Observed

College Teaching

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-25

  Kohut, Gary F ^a   Burnap, Charles ^a   Yon, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom observation; faculty observation; peer review

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650797807     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.55.1.19-25     Document Type: Article

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