The Effect of Decreasing Response Options on Students' Evaluation of Instruction

College Teaching

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-218

  Landrum, R Eric ^a   Braitman, Keli A ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

rating scales; student evaluation of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860137546     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.56.4.215-218     Document Type: Article

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