Student and Faculty Perceptions of Student Evaluations of Teaching: A Study of Similarities and Differences

College Teaching

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 44-49

  Sojka, Jane ^a   Gupta, Ashok K ^a   Deeter schmelz, Dawn R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

course difficulty; faculty student relations; grading; improved instruction; student evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930451229     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550209595873     Document Type: Article

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