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ERIC Number: EJ146750
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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A Second Look at Cognitive Dissonance and Course Evaluation
Granzin, Kent L.; Painter, John J.
Improving College and University Teaching, 24, 2, 113-5, Spr 76
In a study of 637 students enrolled in 17 classes, cognitive dissonance was shown to be an applicable but weak conceptual framework for understanding course evaluations. Results of this study are similar to those of an earlier investigation by Canter and Meisels. (LBH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Expectation, Grade Prediction, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Surveys
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