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Article: Student evaluations of faculty: concerns raised in the literature, and possible solutions.
- Article from:
- College Student Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Student evaluations of instruction have long been used to evaluate the teaching performance of instructors. However, despite the widespread use of data from student evaluations for the purpose of determining faculty teaching effectiveness, a review of the literature in the area indicates that issues concerning the validity and usefulness of such evaluations remain unresolved. Given the pervasiveness of usage of such evaluations, substantial changes in the system are unlikely to be implemented across the country. After reviewing key problem areas that have been identified in student evaluations of faculty, this paper suggests some possible methods to increase the validity ...