An empirical test of the validity of student evaluations of teaching made on RateMyProfessors.com

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-504

  Sonntag, Michael E ^a   Bassett, Jonathan F ^b   Snyder, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b LANDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Idea; Ratemyprofessors.com; Student ratings of instruction; Teaching evaluation(s)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955561411     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802079463     Document Type: Article

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