Evaluating students' evaluations of professors

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-88

  Braga, Michela ^a   Paccagnella, Marco ^b   Pellizzari, Michele ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Postsecondary education; Students' evaluations; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84901468096     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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