The (mis)interpretation of teaching evaluations by college faculty and administrators

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 641-656

  Boysen, Guy A ^a   Kelly, Timothy J ^a   Raesly, Holly N ^a   Casner, Robert W ^a  

^a MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interpretation; statistics; student evaluation of teaching; teacher evaluation; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902468851     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.860950     Document Type: Article

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