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Using student ratings for teaching improvement
Author(s) -
Theall Michael,
Franklin Jennifer
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.37219914808
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , psychology , higher education , mathematics education , law , psychotherapist , political science
In a student rating report, a mean may have little meaning in the absence of reliable, valid data and appropriate bases for comparing it to some standard. To use ratings results effectively and accurately, guidelines for understanding data are critical. Why, then, are they so often absent?