Do student evaluations of teaching depend on the distribution of expected grade?

Education Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-330

  Matos Díaz, Horacio ^a   Ragan Jr , James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected grade; Grade distribution; Risk aversion; Student evaluations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

PUERTO RICO;

HYPTIS ESCOBILLA;

EID: 77955598955     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290903109444     Document Type: Article

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