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Abrami, Philip C.; Mizener, Deborah A. – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
The relationship between student/teacher attitude similarity and teacher rating form (TRF) scores is examined. Students (N=345) completed a 24-item attitude scale, once for themselves and once for their instructors, and a 28-item TRF. Attitude similarity is of minimum importance when evaluations are used to make gross distinctions among…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Bias, College Faculty, Course Evaluation
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Abrami, Philip C.; Mizener, Deborah A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
The present study addressed the validity of student ratings of instructional effectiveness by exploring the relations among student ratings, course performance, and the perceived attitude similarity of students and their instructors. Findings fail to support the claim that perceived attitude similarity is a substantial source of bias in student…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Bias, Course Evaluation, Factor Analysis
Abrami, Philip C.; Mizener, Deborah A. – 1982
The relationship between course ratings, student achievement, and the perceived attitude similarity of students and their instructors were explored with 645 students enrolled in 41 courses taught at English-language institutions in Montreal, Quebec. These institutions provide instruction intermediate between secondary school and the university.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
Mizener, Deborah A.; Abrami, Philip C. – 1981
The relationship between student/teacher attitude similarity and teacher evaluations was studied in a group of 222 students who completed a 24-item attitude scale, once for themselves and once for their instructors, and a 28-item teacher rating form (TRF). A significant, moderate-sized correlation between assumed similarity and TRF scores for…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Congruence (Psychology), Higher Education