Studentevaluering i høyere utdanning – en empirisk studie fra HiB

Studien benytter resultater fra studentevaluering av tre kurs ved bachelorutdanningen i økonomi og administrasjon ved Høgskolen i Bergen (HiB) til å undersøke eventuelle sammenhenger mellom kursomfang/vanskelighetsgrad, studentens egen innsats og deres vurdering av kurset. Hovedresultatet er at det er en positiv sammenheng mellom innsats og kursevaluering. Det er imidlertid ikke mulig å si noe om kausalitetsforhold – ytterligere forskning er nødvendig for å få bedre innsikt i disse sammenhengene. Summary The study is based on quantitative student evaluations of three undergraduate courses (Econ/Business) from the Bergen University College. Students were asked to rate different aspects of the courses, as well as report their own effort, and how difficult and extensive they perceived the course to be. The main purpose of this study is to look into possible relations between these variables, in particular how students’ effort and their perception of the course as difficult or not influence their evaluation of the course. The results are somewhat surprising; it is particularly interesting that a positive correlation is found between effort and evaluation. Although a causal relationship has not been established, some possible implications of this finding are discussed, and some ideas for further research are proposed