Journal ArticleDOI
On the Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching: The State of the Art
TLDR
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
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Measurement Instrument for Scientific Teaching (MIST): A Tool to Measure the Frequencies of Research-Based Teaching Practices in Undergraduate Science Courses
TL;DR: The development of the MIST instrument, its implementation, and its potential uses for researchers and instructors are described.
Journal ArticleDOI
I liked your course because I believe in (the power of) student evaluations of teaching (SET). Students’ perceptions of a teaching evaluation process and their relationships with SET scores
Pieter Spooren,Wim Christiaens +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a structural equation model was used to examine the relationship between students' perceptions of a SET procedure and their SET scores and found a statistically significant positive relationship (0.20) between a latent construct measuring the perceived value of SET and SET scores.
Journal ArticleDOI
Student Evaluation of Teaching: A Study Exploring Student Rating Instrument Free-form Text Comments
TL;DR: This work employed an innovative, systematic approach to the analysis of text-based feedback relating to student perceptions of and experiences with a recently developed university program, providing a deeper understanding of the curriculum and teaching effectiveness that was constructive and detailed.
Journal ArticleDOI
Adaptive quizzes to increase motivation, engagement and learning outcomes in a first year accounting unit
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the findings from a pilot of adaptive quizzes in a fully online unit at an Australian higher education provider, and conclude that adaptive quiz games have value to increase student motivation and engagement.
Journal ArticleDOI
Gender, Teaching Evaluations, and Professional Success in Political Science
TL;DR: This paper examined publicly available data from two large political science departments and found that female instructors receive substantively and significantly lower ratings than male instructors in large courses and discussed the implications of apparent gender bias in teaching evaluations for the professional success of female faculty.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology.
Douglas P. Crowne,David Marlowe +1 more
TL;DR: It seems clear that the items in the Edwards Social Desirability Scale would, of necessity, have extreme social desirability scale positions or, in other words, be statistically deviant.
Journal ArticleDOI
Validity of Psychological Assessment: Validation of Inferences from Persons' Responses and Performances as Scientific Inquiry into Score Meaning.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a unified concept of construct validity, which integrates considerations of content, criteria, and consequences into a construct framework for the empirical testing of rational hypotheses about score meaning and theoretically relevant relationships.
Journal ArticleDOI
The adequacy of response rates to online and paper surveys: what can be done?
TL;DR: Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of evaluation strategy are to seek to obtain the highest response rates possible to all surveys; to take account of probable effects of survey design and methods on the feedback obtained when interpreting that feedback; and to enhance this action by making use of data derived from multiple methods of gathering feedback.
Journal ArticleDOI
Validity of psychological assessment: validation of inferences from persons' responses and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning
TL;DR: In this article, six distinguishable aspects of construct validity are highlighted as a means of addressing central issues implicit in the notion of validity as a unified concept, namely, content, substantive, structural, generalizability, external, and consequential aspects.