Student Course Evaluation - Class Size, Class Level, Discipline and Gender Bias

Jacob Kogan

2014

Abstract

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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in Harvard Style

Kogan J. (2014). Student Course Evaluation - Class Size, Class Level, Discipline and Gender Bias . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-021-5, pages 221-225. DOI: 10.5220/0004861802210225


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu14,
author={Jacob Kogan},
title={Student Course Evaluation - Class Size, Class Level, Discipline and Gender Bias},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={221-225},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004861802210225},
isbn={978-989-758-021-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Student Course Evaluation - Class Size, Class Level, Discipline and Gender Bias
SN - 978-989-758-021-5
AU - Kogan J.
PY - 2014
SP - 221
EP - 225
DO - 10.5220/0004861802210225