College Students' Evaluation of University Teaching Effectiveness: A Review of Literature
Abstract
At college and university levels, student ratings of teaching are considered to be valuable data sources for improving t"ze teaching-learning
process, providing feedback to instructors, and evaluating teachingfor use in persqnnel decisions, like tenure or merit salary increases. However, student
ratings are also being considered as a hindrance to tenure and an administrative interference in academic freedom. Student ratings have not
been successful, mainly because less attention is given to the process and the factors that affect student ratings. This paper discusses the historical context
of student ratings and its controversies and factors that influence student ratings of university teaching: the nature of the course. the instructor, and
administration of the evaluation. Finally conclusions and recommendations are given.
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Braskamp, L.A. & Ory, J.C. (1994). Assessing Faculty Work: Enhancing Individual and Institutional Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Brinko, K. (1993). The Practice a/Giving Feedback to Improve Teaching: What is E;ffective? Journal of Higher Education. 64:5,574-93.
Chandler T.A. (1978). The Questionable Status of Student Evaluations of Teaching. Teaching of Psychology. 5: 150-152.
Chak-Tong (1997). A Bootstrap Experiment on the Statistical Properties of Students' Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness. Research in Higher Education. 38:4,497-516.
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London: Jossey-Bass.
Feldman, K. (1978). Course Characteristics and College Students' Ratings of their Own Teachers: What We Know and What We Don't. Research in Higher Education. 9,
199-242.
Feldman, K. (1983). Seniority and Experience a/College Teachers as Related to Evaluations They Receive from Their Students. Research in Higher Education. 18:1,3-124.
Feldman, K. (1986). The Perceived Instructional Effectiveness o/College Teachers a ' Related to their Personality and Attitudinal Characteristics: A Review and synthesis.
Research in Higher Education. 24:2, 139-213.
Feldman, K. (1993). College Students' Views o/Male and Female College Teachers: Part 11 -Evidence From Students' Evaluations of Their Classroom Teachers. Research in
Higher Education. 34:2, 151-211.
Goldberg, G., & Callahan, J. (\99\). Objectivity a/Student Evaluations a/Instructors. Journal of Education for Business. 66:6, 377-378.
Greenwald, A. (1997). Validity Concerns and Use/ulness a/Student Ratings of Instruction
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Haskell R. (1997). Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Student Evaluation of Faculty: Galloping Polls in the 21st Century. [Online] Available:
Http://olam.ed:asu.edu/epaa/v5n6.html
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http://www.umich.edn/-i:rltmich/crlt.faq.html
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teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass..
Marsh, H. (1987a). Students Evaluations o/Teaching. In MJ. Dunkin (Ed), The International Encyclopedia of Teaching and Teacher Education. (vol. 26, pp.
181-(87). New York: Pergamon.
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of Educational Research. 11 , 253-388.
Marsh, H. & Roche, L. (1993). The Use o/Students' Evaluations and An individually Structured Intervention to Enhance University Teaching Effectiveness. American
Educational Research Journal. 30: 1 217-251 . .
Marsh, H. & Roche, L. (1997). Making Students' Evaluations o/Teaching Effectiveness Effective. American Psychologist. 52:11, 1187-1197.
McKeachine, W. (1987). Can Evaluating Instruction Improve Teaching? In L.M. Aleamoni (ED.), Techniques for Evaluating and Improving Instruction. (pp 3-7) San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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MC"Reachine, W. (1997). Student Ratings: The Validity o/use. American Psychologist. 52:11, 1218-1225.
Medley, D.M. (1992). Teacher Evaluation. In MC Aikin. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Research, (vol. 26, pp. 1345-1352). New York:
Park, S. (1996). Research, Teaching, and Service: Why Shouldn't Women's Work Count? Journal of Higher .Education, 67: 1,46-83.
