Determinants of Students’ First Impressions of Instructors and Courses

Michael R. Dicks, J. Ross Pruitt and Daniel S. Tilley

No 6801, 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Students evaluated instructors and courses in the first two weeks of the fall semester to determine the factors that form impressions in the early stages of the semester. Results indicate differences exist between upper and lower division courses with presentation of material and perceived workload as key factors that students use to form first impressions.

Keywords: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6801

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