## Abstract When the instructor violates the norms of teaching, there is an impact on student learning.
The usefulness of student evaluations in improving college teaching
โ Scribed by Lawrence M. Alemoni
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 508 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-4277
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The present study was designed to assess the effects on faculty performance of a combination of feedback and personal consultations using college student evaluations. Student evaluation feedback and personal consultations were conducted at !east a semester before any follow-up data were gathered. The results indicate that providing computerized results of college student evaluations along with individual faculty consulting sessions helped the instructors to significantly improve their student ratings on two instructional dimensions.
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A diversity of student questionnaires are used by colleges and universities to provide data on faculty teaching performance. Yet the purposes for collecting this data are frequently unclear, and at times superficial. Rarely is student rating data used as a tool to improve faculty teaching. A more re
## Abstract People who use and interpret the numbers provided by student ratings need to know what the numbers mean and how to use them correctly.