On the Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching: The State of the Art

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 598-642

  Spooren, Pieter ^a   Brockx, Bert ^a   Mortelmans, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

educational policy; higher education; student evaluation of teaching; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886620934     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654313496870     Document Type: Review

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