Do course evaluations truly reflect student learning? Evidence from an objectively graded post-test

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 709-719

  Beleche, Trinidad ^a   Fairris, David ^b   Marks, Mindy ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Course evaluations; Grades; Student learning

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 84862136137     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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