The research on student ratings of instruction, while voluminous, has had minimal focus on
the perceptions of the students who do the ratings. The current study explored student …

Universities throughout the world are undertaking benchmarking exercises in which they
compare themselves to other universities on appropriate indices in order to establish their …

Structural equation modeling is used to examine the nomological relationships between the
five latent constructs that comprise the Student Instructional Rating System (SIRS), a widely …

Student teacher evaluations have been the subject of a great deal of research. In this study,
the authors surveyed 750 freshmen in an Introduction to Business class. The authors found …

This paper presents two related arguments. The first is that all models of instructor
performance are underdetermined by the student evaluation of teaching data. The second is …

The effectiveness of full-time and part-time faculty is an area of major interest in education,
especially in light of the dramatic rise of part-time faculty on the nation's campuses. In the …

One of the most encouraging solutions that I see out of this morass... the unending tired
debate over student evaluations◊)... is the assessment movement. Those who object to …

The purpose of this study was to examine how midterm student ratings feedback and
consultation on instructional practices affected teaching practices, ratings of teaching …

Many institutions around the world greatly rely on this technique for curricular and academic
enhancement. King Fahd University in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia should not be an exception. It …

Mit den Mainzer Beiträgen zur Hochschulentwicklung ist neben der Dokumentation von
Evaluationsergebnissen beabsichtigt, Raum für die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit …