According to a survey done on teaching evaluations, engineering students consider the improvement in teaching to be the most important outcome of the evaluation process. For engineering students who believe their efforts will lead to better teaching, the motivation to fill out a teaching evaluation would have a _____.
A)negative reinforcement
B)weak expectancy
C)low performance value
D)positive valence
E)strong instrumentality

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Positive valence refers to the degree to which an individual values a particular outcome. In this case, engineering students believe that filling out a teaching evaluation will lead to better teaching, which indicates a positive valence towards the outcome.

According to a Survey Done on Teaching Evaluations, Engineering Students