Many colleges and universities have adopted the use of student ratings of instruction as one
(often the most influential) measure of instructional effectiveness. In this article, the authors …

Correlations between instructional ratings and exam performance at three universities
indicated that three rating factors (student accomplishment, presentation clarity, and …

Sometime during the second half of almost all college and university courses offered in
North America, a brief ritual occurs. Students take out their sharpened pencils (number two …

The present study used meta-analytic methodology to synthesize research on the
relationship between student ratings of instruction and student achievement. The data for the …

We argue that the multisection validation design is the strongest design for addressing the
degree to which student ratings predict teacher-produced learning. Results of several dozen …

Faculty Thoughts and Concerns About Student Ratings Page 1 When student ratings are
mentioned, the discussion often turns emotional. The abundance of research on these feedback …

This study used a pre/post design to assess student learning for the purposes of examining
relationships among student grades, student learning, and student evaluations of teaching …

Despite the lead article's title,“Validity Concerns and Usefulness of Student Ratings of
Instruction”(Greenwald, November 1997) in the American Psychologist's special section on …

Student ratings of instruction were analyzed in terms of two global factors. One factor, which
includes items on advanced planning, presentation clarity, and increased student …

The validity of student rating measures of instructional quality was severely questioned in
the 1970s. By the early 1980s, however, most expert opinion viewed student rating …