Are They Getting What They Expect?.

Gigliotti, Richard J.

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ERIC Number: EJ362881

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Are They Getting What They Expect?

Gigliotti, Richard J.

Teaching Sociology, v15 n4 p365-75 Oct 1987

Examines the expectations that students bring to an introductory sociology course and analyzes how they affect general course evaluation items. Results show that students' gender, year in school, and grade point average are associated with different levels of expectancy and expectancy violation, affecting general course evaluation items. (Author/DH)

Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Expectation, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Sociology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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