Web-based student feedback: Comparing teaching-award and research-award recipients

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-82

  Symbaluk, Diane G ^a   Howell, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faculty evaluation; Published ratings of instruction; Student ratings of instruction; Teaching quality; Web based student feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955611764     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802563094     Document Type: Article

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