ERIC Number: ED129903
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Apr
Pages: 23
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A Multivariate Study of Variables Effecting Student Ratings of Teaching and Course Outcomes Within a Multiple Instructor Mode.
McCook, William M.
The study investigated the interrelationships of student ratings of teaching, course outcome and self ratings within a multiple instructor course mode, and the appropriateness of these variables for predicting overall instructor and course evaluations. Student rating of teaching and course related items and student self ratings were gleaned from a twenty item questionnaire. One hundred fifty-nine students in two courses responded to the questionnaire at the end of the spring 1975 semester. Students rated themselves, the four instructors in each course, and the course itself. Regression analyses indicated a very strong halo effect of instructor ratings over course ratings; student self ratings appeared not to bear any relationship to course ratings; and it was found that many of the variables that are often implicitly and explicitly criticized by students as having an effect on their educational experience (e.g. the quality of exam questions, course level, utility of textbooks, reasonableness of assignments) did not predict their rating of that experience very well. On the other hand, nearly every item that was concerned with teacher behavior accounted for a significant amount of variation in the instructors' overall evaluation. (Author)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Course Evaluation, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Rating Scales, Self Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Effectiveness, Team Teaching, Test Validity
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower Education.
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