Assessing Faculty Performance Using Student Evaluations of Teaching in an Uncontrolled Setting

Autor/inn/en	Nowell, Clifford; Gale, Lewis R.; Handley, Bruce
Titel	Assessing Faculty Performance Using Student Evaluations of Teaching in an Uncontrolled Setting
Quelle	In: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 35 (2010) 4, S.463-475 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-2938
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; College Faculty; Multiple Regression Analysis; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Fakultät
Abstract	This paper provides new evidence on the disparity between student evaluation of teaching (SET) ratings when evaluations are conducted online versus in-class. Using a multiple regression analysis, we show that after controlling for many of the class and student characteristics not under the direct control of the instructor, average SET ratings from evaluations conducted online are significantly lower than average SET ratings conducted in-class. Further, we demonstrate the importance of controlling for the factors not under the instructor's control when using SET ratings to evaluate faculty performance in the classroom. We do not suggest that moving to online evaluation is overly problematic, only that it is difficult to compare evaluations done online with evaluations done in-class. While we do not suppose that one method is "more accurate" than another, we do believe that institutions would benefit from either moving all evaluations online or by continuing to do all evaluations in-class. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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