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There are two opposing viewpoints, both well supported in the literature, concerning student evaluations of teaching performance. The first view holds that students can and should evaluate teaching performance and that the evaluation will correlate well with learning outcomes. The second viewpoint is that, while the students may be measuring something, probably satisfaction, their evaluations may differ markedly from the level of true learning taking place.
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Lundsten, L.L. (2015). Student Evaluations in a Business Administration Curriculum - A Marketing Viewpoint. In: Malhotra, N. (eds) Proceedings of the 1986 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11101-8_36
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