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The Association between Students’ Evaluation of Teaching and Grades
Author(s) -
Hoefer Peter,
Yurkiewicz Jack,
Byrne John C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
decision sciences journal of innovative education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1540-4609
pISSN - 1540-4595
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4609.2012.00345.x
Subject(s) - mathematics education , association (psychology) , graduate students , field (mathematics) , psychology , medical education , computer science , pedagogy , medicine , mathematics , pure mathematics , psychotherapist
The results of a student evaluation of teaching instrument are analyzed for a semester of classes at a large collegiate business school, at both the graduate and undergraduate academic level. In particular, we concentrate on the relationship between responses to the instrument and student grades. The results show interesting differences, suggesting dissimilarities, especially for gender, academic level, and field. Our research suggests that academic administrators and others need be cautious when they use such data in evaluating teaching.