TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating teaching
T2 - Listening to students while acknowledging bias
AU - Steiner, Sue
AU - Holley, Lynn C.
AU - Holley, Lynn
AU - Campbell, Heather E.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Despite questions about their reliability and validity, student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are a primary measure of instructor performance. The current study examines SETs, including a thorough list of potentially relevant variables. The findings suggest that how much students perceive they learned in a course is an important predictor of SET scores. Further, a number of variables outside of the instructor's control appear to introduce bias into SETs. Nonetheless, social work norms imply the necessity of seeking input from students. Suggestions are given for possible methods of dealing with this dilemma, and for needed future research.
AB - Despite questions about their reliability and validity, student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are a primary measure of instructor performance. The current study examines SETs, including a thorough list of potentially relevant variables. The findings suggest that how much students perceive they learned in a course is an important predictor of SET scores. Further, a number of variables outside of the instructor's control appear to introduce bias into SETs. Nonetheless, social work norms imply the necessity of seeking input from students. Suggestions are given for possible methods of dealing with this dilemma, and for needed future research.
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U2 - 10.5175/JSWE.2006.200404113
DO - 10.5175/JSWE.2006.200404113
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745657285
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 42
SP - 355
EP - 376
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 2
ER -