Unraveling bias from student evaluations of their high school science teachers

Science Education

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 827-845

  Potvin, Geoff ^a   Hazari, Zahra ^a   Tai, Robert H ^b   Sadler, Philip M ^c  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 71749085042     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20332     Document Type: Article

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