Recently, the testing effect has received a great deal of attention from researchers and educators who are intrigued by its potential to enhance student learning in the classroom. However, effective incorporation of testing (as a learning tool) merits a close examination of the conditions under which testing can enhance student learning in an…

High and low performance students were found to perceive effective teaching characteristics differently. Therefore, the intended use of evaluations, for feedback or administrative decisions, should dictate data analysis methods. For example, when evaluation data are to be used as feedback, consideration needs to be given to the student performance…

Because student evaluations of teacher performance are often used in salary and promotion decisions, it is important that they are not influenced by student and course characteristics that are beyond the control of the instructor. This article investigates correlation of course and student characteristics and whether student responses on general…

For a class project students in an industrial/organizational psychology course had to construct a performance appraisal instrument for assessing the instructor's performance. Evaluations revealed that students found the exercise useful. (RM)