Ratemyprofessors.com: Testing assumptions about student use and misuse

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bleske Rechek, April ^a   Michels, Kelsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

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