Using student ratings for teaching improvement
Authors:
- Michael TheallMTMichael Theall
- Jennifer FranklinJFJennifer Franklin
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in New Directions for Teaching and Learning
- Vol. 1991 (48) , 83-96
Abstract
In a student rating report, a mean may have little meaning in the absence of reliable, valid data and appropriate bases for comparing it to some standard. To use ratings results effectively and accurately, guidelines for understanding data are critical. Why, then, are they so often absent?Keywords
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