Student Evaluation of Faculty: Effects of Purpose on Pattern.

Young, I. Phillip; Delli, Dane A.; Johnson, LeRoy

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ERIC Number: EJ600518

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Student Evaluation of Faculty: Effects of Purpose on Pattern.

Young, I. Phillip; Delli, Dane A.; Johnson, LeRoy

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, v13 n2 p179-90 Jun 1999

To determine if students engaged in rating faculty members used different cognitive sets as a function of the explicit purpose for which ratings were obtained. A field experiment was conducted involving 141 graduate students. Results indicate that the purpose of assessment fails to influence the pattern of faculty ratings provided by students. (SLD)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue titled "A Mounting Call for Accountability."