Rate my expectations: How online evaluations of professors impact students' perceived control

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1862-1867

  Kowai Bell, Neneh ^a   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^a   Little, Tannah ^a   Preiss, Najean ^a   Hensley, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Internet; Perceived control; Ratemyprofessors.com; Student evaluations of teaching

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATIONS; LITTLE RESEARCH; ON-LINE EVALUATION; PERCEIVED CONTROL; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RATEMYPROFESSORS.COM; STUDENT EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING; STUDENT EXPECTATIONS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS;

TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79960217776     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.04.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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