A New Approach to Evaluation of University Teaching Considering Heterogeneity of Students' Preferences

Autor/inn/en	Kuzmanovic, Marija; Savic, Gordana; Popovic, Milena; Martic, Milan
Titel	A New Approach to Evaluation of University Teaching Considering Heterogeneity of Students' Preferences
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 66 (2013) 2, S.153-171 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-012-9596-2
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; College Instruction; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; College Faculty; College Students; Student Diversity; Student Attitudes; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschullehre; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Students' evaluations of teaching are increasingly used by universities to evaluate teaching performance. However, these evaluations are controversial mainly due to the fact that students value various aspects of excellent teaching differently. Therefore, in this paper we propose a new approach to students' evaluations of university teaching based on data from conjoint analysis. Conjoint analysis is a multivariate technique used to analyze the structure of individuals' preference. In particular, our approach accounts for different importance students attach to various aspects of teaching. Moreover, it accounts explicitly for heterogeneity arising from students' preferences, and incorporates it to form comprehensive teaching evaluation score. We have conducted survey and confirmed applicability and efficiency of the proposed approach. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10