Professors are people too: The impact of informal evaluations of professors on students and professors

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-351

  Kowai Bell, Neneh ^a   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^b   Little, Tannah E ^a   Ballew, Jamie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Perceived control; Student evaluations of teaching (SETs); Teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865609571     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-012-9181-7     Document Type: Article

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