Student personality differences are related to their responses on instructor evaluation forms

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 412-426

  McCann, Stewart ^a   Gardner, Christopher ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Big Five; core self evaluations; neuroticism; student evaluation of teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897653369     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.845647     Document Type: Article

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