Student Assessment of Teaching in Higher Education

Issues in the debate over student evaluation of college faculty are discussed, including appropriate measures of teaching effectiveness, reasons for assessing teaching, reliability and validity of student ratings, and how assessments are conducted. Guidelines for implementing a system of regular, in...

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Published inHigher Education Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 3
Main Author Miller, Allen H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1988
Subjects
College Faculty
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Methods
Faculty Evaluation
Higher Education
Reliability
Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Teacher Effectiveness
Validity
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Summary:Issues in the debate over student evaluation of college faculty are discussed, including appropriate measures of teaching effectiveness, reasons for assessing teaching, reliability and validity of student ratings, and how assessments are conducted. Guidelines for implementing a system of regular, institutionwide evaluations are outlined. (MSE)