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Article: ARE STUDENT RATINGS OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS INFLUENCED BY INSTRUCTORS' ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY?
- Article from:
- American Economist
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
- Author:
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John J. Siegfried [*]
Abstract
We use data from forming the third edition of the Test of Understanding College Economics to examine whether instructors for whom English is a second language (ESLs) receive lower student ratings of teaching effectiveness in principles of economics courses, holding constant what students learn in the course. The results suggest that student ratings of ESL instructors are, on average, about 0.4 points lower, on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0, than the ratings of native English speaking instructors. Most of this deficit can be attributed to differences in how the two groups of instructors teach their courses and evaluate the ...