Assessment of teaching effectiveness: Lack of alignment between instructors, institutions, and research recommendations
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Charles Henderson, Chandra Turpen, Melissa Dancy, and Tricia Chapman Department of Physics and Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 19050, USA Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA Department of Education, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York, 14618, USA (Received 23 September 2013; published 19 February 2014)
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