Student evaluations of teaching: Effects of the big five personality traits, grades and the validity hypothesis

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-249

  Patrick, Carol Lynn ^a  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Evaluation; Grades; Personality; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751519248     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930903308258     Document Type: Article

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