Student, Faculty, and Department Chairmen Ratings of Instructors: Who Agrees with Whom?

The present study explored two related questions: 1) What is the level of agreement between student ratings of instruction, faculty self-ratings, and department chairmen ratings? 2) What aspects of instruction are considered most important by each group in determining overall instructional effective...

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Published in:Research in higher education 1974-01, Vol.2 (3), p.265-272
Main Author: Sagen, H. Bradley
Format: Article
Language:English
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College instruction
College students
Educational research
Full time students
Humanities instruction
Instructional effectiveness
Multiple regression
Teachers
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Summary:The present study explored two related questions: 1) What is the level of agreement between student ratings of instruction, faculty self-ratings, and department chairmen ratings? 2) What aspects of instruction are considered most important by each group in determining overall instructional effectiveness? The study was conducted at a small liberal arts college and included 83 essentially full-time faculty. The results revealed little agreement regarding overall instructional effectiveness, and at best modest agreement between students and department chairmen concerning certain specific aspects of instruction such as the development of subject matter competence. Finally, students, in arriving at an assessment of overall instructional effectiveness, appeared to stress different dimensions of instruction than did faculty and department chairmen.
ISSN:0361-0365
1573-188X
DOI:10.1007/BF00991170