Recency effect in college student course evaluations

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Dickey, David ^a   Pearson, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

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