Based on data from the classes of 23 instructors in two institutions of higher learning, the authors concluded that the specific items included on an appraisal-of-instruction inventory probably do not influence students' global appraisals of instruction. If true, this conclusion has important implications for the use of such inventories in appraising the effectiveness of college instruction.
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