Optimizing the Fairness of Student Evaluations: A Study of Correlations between Instructor Excellence, Study Production, Learning Production, and Expected Grades.

Stapleton, Richard John; Murkison, Gene

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Publication Date: 2001

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Optimizing the Fairness of Student Evaluations: A Study of Correlations between Instructor Excellence, Study Production, Learning Production, and Expected Grades.

Stapleton, Richard John; Murkison, Gene

Journal of Management Education, v25 n3 p269-91 Jun 2001

Data from 1,251 student evaluations of instructors were used to rank faculty; rank order changed when learning outcomes, study production, and grade expectations were considered. Students expected high grades from teachers rated highly; those assigning more homework rated lower. Weighting instructor excellence, study and learning production, and expected grades in faculty evaluations was recommended. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Assignments, Expectation, Faculty Evaluation, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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