Student ratings of college teaching: A comparison of faculty and their students

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-221

  Balam, Esenc M ^a   Shannon, David M ^b  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personnel evaluation; Professor evaluation; Student ratings; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650364635     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930902795901     Document Type: Review

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