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On the Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching: The State of the Art
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The authors provided an extensive overview of the recent literature on student evaluation of teaching (SET) in higher education, based on the SET meta-validation model, drawing upon research reports published in peer-reviewed journals since 2000.Abstract:
This article provides an extensive overview of the recent literature on student evaluation of teaching (SET) in higher education. The review is based on the SET meta-validation model, drawing upon research reports published in peer-reviewed journals since 2000. Through the lens of validity, we consider both the more traditional research themes in the field of SET (i.e., the dimensionality debate, the ‘bias’ question, and questionnaire design) and some recent trends in SET research, such as online SET and bias investigations into additional teacher personal characteristics. The review provides a clear idea of the state of the art with regard to research on SET, thus allowing researchers to formulate suggestions for future research. It is argued that SET remains a current yet delicate topic in higher education, as well as in education research. Many stakeholders are not convinced of the usefulness and validity of SET for both formative and summative purposes. Research on SET has thus far failed to provide c...read more
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Selection Bias in Students' Evaluation of Teaching: Causes of Student Absenteeism and Its Consequences for Course Ratings and Rankings.
Tobias Wolbring,Edgar Treischl +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of self-selection bias in student evaluations of teaching and find that the probability of absenteeism is influenced by course quality, students' motivation, course topic, climate among course participants, course and workload, and timing of the course.
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Do the Best Teachers Get the Best Ratings
Nate Kornell,Hannah Hausman +1 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that student evaluation scores should not be the sole basis for evaluating college teaching and they should be recognized for what they are.
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Eliciting student feedback for course development: the application of a qualitative course evaluation tool among business research students
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and assess a novel approach to eliciting qualitative feedback from students in a research methodology course at a higher education institution in South Africa, using conventional content analysis.
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Honesty on student evaluations of teaching: effectiveness, purpose, and timing matter!
TL;DR: The authors found that students are more likely to be honest when they believe that evaluations effectively measure the quality of the course, the results improve teaching and benefit students rather than the administration, and when they are given at the end of the term.
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Computer-Assisted Reading and Discovery for Student Generated Text in Massive Open Online Courses
TL;DR: Structural Topic Model as discussed by the authors is an approach to language processing that can find syntactic patterns with semantic meaning in unstructured text, identify variation in those patterns across covariates, and uncover archetypal texts that exemplify the documents within a topical pattern.
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