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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"student evaluations of teaching"”.
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Rater Training to Improve Student Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness
The impact of rater training on students performing evaluations of teaching effectiveness was evaluated. Training was administered either via live lecture or video tape. Both trained groups were compared with a no training control group. It was hypothesized that the training would result in more …
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The Impact of Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching
Student evaluations of teaching, or SETs, are opportunities for students to anonymously share their thoughts and feelings on a particular class and/or professor. All public accredited universities are required to provide students with an opportunity to complete evaluations on their classes and …
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Student Evaluations of Teaching, Course and Student Characteristics at Andrews University
<p>Problem</p> <p>This research examined the type of rating of specific Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) dimensions and overall rating students tended to give for the courses that they took, identified the dimensions that predicted the overall rating, and assessed the association of gender, …
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Understanding the Teaching and Learning Experience in Fundamental Engineering Courses
… are important to the undergraduate engineering student experience but have been associated with challenging educational environments. Several factors influence the educational environment, although learning experiences are primarily the outcome of interactions between instructors and students. …
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Sex of Student, Political Orientation of Instructor, and Stimulus Medium on Student Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness
… reviews relevant literature from research on student evaluations of teaching effectiveness and provides a summary from a pilot study. Three major hypotheses of the current study were female participants would provide more favorable ratings of a female instructor than would male participants on …
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Defining and assessing teaching effectiveness in higher education
Teaching effectiveness in higher education is challenging. Given the number of stakeholders and the reasons for assessing teaching effectiveness creates additional challenges. Yet when tying teaching effectiveness to successful student learning outcomes and combining those interests to a case study …
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Use of the Unbalanced Nested ANOVA to Examine the Factors Influencing Student Ratings of Instructional Quality
… 5-way unbalanced nested ANOVA model to evaluate student ratings of teaching. An effective sample included three types of course motivation, four course levels, seven levels of class size, 9 types of academic discipline, and about 3,754 classes with a total of 106,303 students. The dependent …
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Quantitative evaluations of teaching quality in universities: the impact of students’ gender-specific expectations on teaching evaluations
Universities frequently use student evaluations of teaching (SETs) as a tool to evaluate teaching quality. I conducted two online multi-method empirical studies to explore whether the methodological and methodical limitations of standardised rating scales such as SETs may contribute to rather than …
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NARRATIVES OF FIT: UNDERSTANDING WOMEN FACULTY STORIES OF MAKING SENSE AND FINDING PLACE IN GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS
… as a covering term for bias. The small body of literature on faculty fit focuses primarily on the complementary attributes that exist between research institutions and their academic staff, and the role of fit as a predictor of outcomes such as intention to leave, productivity, stress, …