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ERIC Number: EJ560307
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
No Pain, No Gain? The Importance of Measuring Course Workload in Student Ratings of Instruction.
Greenwald, Anthony G.; Gillmore, Gerald M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n4 p743-51 Dec 1997
About 200 undergraduate classes were evaluated in three consecutive terms with surveys that assessed grades and course workloads. Major features of the covariance structure model developed were that courses giving higher grades were better liked and that courses giving higher grades had lighter workloads, showing effects of instructors' grading leniency on course ratings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Covariance Structure Models; Workload
Note: Research supported by the University of Washington, Grant SBR-9422242 from the National Science Foundation, and Grant MH 41328 from the National Institute of Mental Health.