Monday, January 29, 2007
New Questions on Student Evaluations
Inside Higher Ed: "A new study by three economists at Ohio State University may add to those fears. Previous studies have found that students are more likely to give good reviews to instructors who are easy graders or who are good looking. The Ohio State study — in many ways larger and more ambitious than previous ones — found a strong correlation between grades in a course and reviews of professors, such that it is clear that students are rewarding those who reward them."
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This is a risk that is taken with the student evaluations. I know a lot of people who have said negative comments of teachers because the teacher either gave them a bad grade or they simply do not like the teacher. I guess that is all just part of the evaluation process.
This problem is really inevitable especially when there are core curriculum classes that students are required to take. I know a lot of students that give teachers bad reviews simply because they didn't want to be there in the first place. Though others react the opposite way where they just rate the teacher on how easy they were and how they look. It's hard to get a good evaluation but usually the ones that write the most OPEN ENDED responses are the better ones.
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