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Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

2006

Education--Costa Rica

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Factores De Sesgo Asociados A La Validez De La Evaluación Docente Universitaria: Un Modelo Jerárquico Lineal, Raziel Acevedo Álvarez, Nuria Mairena Rodríguez Dec 2006

Factores De Sesgo Asociados A La Validez De La Evaluación Docente Universitaria: Un Modelo Jerárquico Lineal, Raziel Acevedo Álvarez, Nuria Mairena Rodríguez

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The present study analyzes the variables that are intrinsically linked with the student, professor and class environment in relation to the university educational evaluation questionnaires. The participants in the study were 374 students with an age mean of 19.9 and 29 professors with an age mean of 36 from 3 different departments at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) at the city of Guanacaste. The hierarchical lineal models were used for the data analysis, a quantitative methodology which facilitates the evaluation of the determinants which affect the results of the study. However, only four of these determinants were associated with …