Open AccessStudent Evaluation of Teaching
Author(s) -
Douglas J. McCready
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v11i2.182837
Subject(s) - mathematics education , psychology , test (biology) , higher education , empirical research , subject (documents) , teaching method , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , mathematics , statistics , political science , library science , paleontology , law , biology
The analysis of factors which influence student valuations of teaching is the subject of this paper. An empirical test, using the evaluations carried out in the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University shows that the grades granted by instructors do not relate significantly to the evaluations of that instructor by students. Factors which do relate to higher evaluations include: early morning classes, small classes, optional subjects, and senior classes. From a survey of how faculty react to the evaluations, it appears that most faculty do not find the evaluations useful in making improvements in their own teaching.