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Publication Date: 2019
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Prediction-Based Student Evaluations of Teaching as an Alternative to Traditional Opinion-Based Evaluations
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, v44 n8 p1222-1236 2019
The validity of traditional opinion-based student evaluations of teaching (SETs) may be compromised by inattentive responses and low response rates due to evaluation fatigue, and/or by personal response bias. To reduce the impact of evaluation fatigue and personal response bias on SETs, this study explores peer prediction-based SETs as an alternative to opinion-based SETs in a multicultural environment. The results suggest that statistically significant fewer respondents are needed to reach stable average outcomes when peer prediction-based SETs are used than when opinion-based SETs are used. This implies that peer prediction-based SETs could reduce evaluation fatigue, as not all students would need to do each evaluation. The results also report that the peer prediction-based method significantly reduces the bias evident in the opinion-based method, in respect of gender and prior academic performance. However, in respect of the cultural variables, race and home language, bias was identified in the peer prediction-based method, where none was evident in the opinion-based method. These observations, interpreted through the psychology literature on the formulation of perceptions of others, imply that although peer prediction-based SETs may in some instances reduce some personal response bias, it may introduce the perceived bias of others.
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Student Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Bias, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Peer Influence, Cultural Background, Student Diversity, Race, Native Language, Educational Environment, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Foreign Countries, Predictive Validity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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