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ERIC Number: EJ595310
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-4800
Item 22, "Overall, [the Instructor] Was an Effective Teacher": Multiple Meanings and Confounding Influences.
Kolitch, Elaine; Dean, Ann V.
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, v9 n2 p119-40 1998
Research with 96 undergraduates investigated interpretations of a global-evaluation item common to student evaluation forms. Through narratives and semistructured interviews, students described classroom experiences, beliefs about good teaching, and aspects of the evaluation process that influencing their ratings. The item produced multiple meanings and confounding influences, making it useful only as a rough indicator. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Research Methodology, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Surveys, Test Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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