Student Course Evaluation - Class Size, Class Level, Discipline and Gender Bias
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Based on approximately 25,000 Student Course Evaluation Questionnaires (SCEQ) covering 16 semesters from Spring 2005 through Fall 2012 and publicly available at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s website http://www.umbc.edu/oir/sceq/index.html, we analyze the effect of class level and discipline on student responses. We compare the results obtained and conclusions drown with those already reported in the literature.
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