Faculty perception of improvements to instructional practices in response to student ratings

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-153

  Safavi, Seyedeh Azadeh ^a   Bakar, Kamariah Abu ^b   Tarmizi, Rohani Ahmad ^b   Alwi, Nor Hayati ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Faculty; Instructional improvement; Instructional practices; Student ratings of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892956589     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-013-9160-3     Document Type: Article

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