Making Students' Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness Effective: The Critical Issues of Validity, Bias, and Utility

Reviews research on the multidimensionality of effective teaching and student ratings. Recommends the adoption of a broad construct approach to evaluation of validity criteria and potential biases in different contexts, especially in relation to multiple criteria of effective teaching, theory, and e...

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Published inThe American psychologist Vol. 52; no. 11; p. 1187
Main Authors Marsh, Herbert W, Roche, Lawrence A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.1997
Subjects
Construct Validity
Higher Education
Multidimensional Approach
Statistical Bias
Student Characteristics
Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Evaluation
Test Validity
Validation Verification and Testing Techniques
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ISSN0003-066X
DOI10.1037/0003-066X.52.11.1187

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Summary:Reviews research on the multidimensionality of effective teaching and student ratings. Recommends the adoption of a broad construct approach to evaluation of validity criteria and potential biases in different contexts, especially in relation to multiple criteria of effective teaching, theory, and existing knowledge. (MMU)
ISSN:0003-066X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.52.11.1187