Using student ratings to improve instruction
β Scribed by Joseph J. Stevens
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Volume
- 1987
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0633
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β¦ Synopsis
The use of student ratings as a method of course and instructor evaluation has increased substantially over the past ten years. With this increase, a number of standardized instruments for assessing instructional effectiveness have become available. These instruments provide a reliable and relatively simple methodology for obtaining student evaluations of instruction. Recent reviews of the validity of student ratings have tended to support their usefulness as a measure of instructional effectiveness (Aleamoni, 1980;
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