Overview

This thought-provoking volume offers comprehensive analysis of contemporary research and literature on student evaluation of teaching (SET) in Higher Education. In evaluating data from fields including education, psychology, engineering, science, and business, this volume critically engages with the assumption that SET is a reliable and valid measure of effective teaching. Clayson navigates a range of cultural, social, and era-related factors including gender, grades, personality, student honesty, and halo effects to consider how these may impact on the accuracy and impartiality of student evaluations. Ultimately, he posits a “popularity hypothesis”, asserting that above all, SET measures instructor likability. While controversial, the hypothesis powerfully and persuasively draws on extensive and divergent literature to offer new and salient insights regarding the growing and potentially misleading phenomenon of SET. This topical and transdisciplinary book will be of great interest to researchers, faculty, and administrators in the fields of higher education management, administration, teaching and learning.

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Author:   Dennis E. Clayson (University of Northern Iowa, US.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.185kg
ISBN:  

9780367549855

ISBN 10:   0367549859
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 August 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Issues and Debates Surrounding Student Evaluations of Teaching Chapter 2: Potential Impacts of Gender Bias on Student Evaluations Chapter 3: The Influence of Personality Traits on Student Evaluations Chapter 4: Halo Effects Impacting on Student Evaluations Chapter 5: Questioning the Truthfulness of Student Evaluations Chapter 6: Rigor, Grades and how they Impact on Student Evaluations Chapter 7: The Association between Student Learning and Student Evaluations Chapter 8: Student Evaluations and the Improvement of Instruction Chapter 9: Challenging the Statistical Reliability of Student Evaluations Chapter 10: Traditional Validity and SET Chapter 11: Identifying Valid Applications of SET Chapter 12: Validity and the Impacts of Subjectivity Chapter 13: Introducing a Likability Hypothesis Chapter 14: Justifications of the Likability Hypothesis Chapter 15: Conclusion and Recommendations – the Future of SET

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Dennis Clayson is Professor Emeritus in the College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa, US.

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