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Skills vs Rapport: Do Students in STEM and Humanities Courses Value Different Characteristics in Their Professors?

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posted on 2022-02-28, 21:35 authored by Nicole Delaney SandersNicole Delaney Sanders
This project uses student evaluations of teachers from Ratemyprofessor.com to determine if the type of class being taught (STEM or humanities) changes the type of characteristics students value in their teachers. I used the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) software to count the frequency of skills and rapport related words in students' evaluations of professors at various U.S. universities. This was measured against the type of class being taught, as well as the overall quality rating of the professors.

History

Advisor

Freng, Scott

Degree

  • Bachelor's

Graduation date

2021-05-15

ISO

eng

Language

English

Department

  • Educational Studies - EDST
  • Education - EDUC
  • Educational Research - EDRE
  • Psychology - PSYC