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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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Meta-analysis of faculty's teaching effectiveness: Student evaluation of teaching ratings and student learning are not related
TL;DR: This article conducted a meta-analysis of all multisection studies and found no significant correlations between student evaluation of teaching (SET) ratings and learning, and suggested that institutions focused on student learning and career success may want to abandon SET ratings as a measure of faculty's teaching effectiveness.
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Gender biases in student evaluations of teaching
TL;DR: This article used data from a French university to analyze gender biases in student evaluations of teaching (SETs) and found that male students express a bias in favor of male professors, despite the fact that students appear to learn as much from women as from men.
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Teaching with technology in higher education: understanding conceptual change and development in practice
TL;DR: This paper found that teachers' conceptions of and approaches to teaching with technology are central for the successful implementation of educational technologies in higher education, and that teachers were concerned with the success of the implementation of higher education.
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Contract cheating: a survey of Australian university students
Tracey Bretag,Rowena Harper,Michael Burton,Cath Ellis,Philip M. Newton,Pearl Rozenberg,Sonia Saddiqui,Karen van Haeringen +7 more
TL;DR: This paper reported that Australian universities are facing a significant and growing problem of students outsourcing their assessment to third parties, a behaviour commonly known as ''c...'' behaviour commonly referred to as "c...
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A Century of Grading Research: Meaning and Value in the Most Common Educational Measure
Susan M. Brookhart,Thomas R. Guskey,Alex J. Bowers,James H. McMillan,Jeffrey K. Smith,Lisa F. Smith,Michael T. Stevens,Megan E. Welsh +7 more
TL;DR: A review of over 100 years of research on grading considers five types of studies: early studies of the reliability of grades, quantitative studies of composition of K-12 report card grades, survey and interview studies of teachers' perceptions of grade, studies of standards-based grading, and grading in higher education.
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From performativity to professionalism: lecturers’ responses to student feedback
TL;DR: This paper described a small-scale study into lecturers' responses to student feedback and found that the process is complex and is influenced by lecturers's perceptions, beliefs and feelings. A typology of lecturers’ responses is developed, linked to concepts of performativity and professionalism, and consisting of four possible reactions: shame, blame, tame (the students) and reframe (the negative as something positive)
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Establishing the Validity and Reliability of Course Evaluation Questionnaires.
David Kember,Doris Y. P. Leung +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the case of designing a new course questionnaire to discuss the issues of validity, reliability and diagnostic power in good questionnaire design, and proposed the technique of establishing validity by deriving constructs from naturalistic qualitative research.
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Ratings of university teacher instruction: how much do student and course characteristics really matter?
Tanya N. Beran,Claudio Violato +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, student and course characteristics were examined in relation to student ratings of instruction, and it was concluded that student ratings are more related to teaching instruction and behavior of the instructor than to these variables.
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How Do Student Ratings Measure Up to a New Validity Framework
John C. Ory,Katherine E. Ryan +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examine student ratings within a new framework that emphasizes six distinct aspects of validity: content, substantive, structural, generalizability, external, and consequential, and conclude that greater attention should be directed toward consequential validity.
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Does ratemyprofessor.com really rate my professor
TL;DR: In this paper, the usefulness and validity of self-selected online student ratings of faculty are explored. But, the authors focus on the usefulness of online ratings in their current form, even though possible abuses could limit validity in specific instances.