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Direct linkDaniel Sullivan; Richard Lakeman; Debbie Massey; Dima Nasrawi; Marion Tower; Megan Lee – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2024
Several times each year the teaching performance of academics at higher education institutions are evaluated through anonymous, online student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys. Universities use SETs to inform decisions about staff promotion and tenure, but low student participation levels make the surveys impractical for this use. This scoping…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Marie Hutchinson; Rosanne Coutts; Debbie Massey; Dima Nasrawi; Jann Fielden; Megan Lee; Richard Lakeman – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2024
Within Australian higher education, student evaluation of teaching (SET) is regularly conducted and data are utilised for quality control and staff appraisal. Within current methodologies, students can anonymously provide further feedback as written commentary. There is now growing evidence that, once this narrative becomes derogatory or abusive,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students
Marshik, Tesia; Driscoll, Adam; Remsburg, Alysa; Yu, Alder; Dutta, Nabamita; Klein, Jennifer – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are a ubiquitous feature of higher education. However, scholars have presented numerous challenges to the accuracy, validity, reliability and objectivity of SETs as a measure of teaching effectiveness. Given the potential for bias, the use of SETs in professional review may constitute a form of institutional…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Methods, College Students, Student Attitudes
Cunningham-Nelson, Samuel; Laundon, Melinda; Cathcart, Abby – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
This study examines the utility of a new method of analysing and reporting qualitative student survey comments. Visualisations of the sentiment of and key themes from qualitative student survey comments were developed for 34 subjects from two undergraduate health sciences courses undergoing transformation. The course and subject visualisation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Health Sciences, Course Evaluation
First, Do No Harm: Automated Detection of Abusive Comments in Student Evaluation of Teaching Surveys
Cunningham, Samuel; Laundon, Melinda; Cathcart, Abby; Bashar, Md Abul; Nayak, Richi – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys are the most widely used tool for collecting higher education student feedback to inform academic quality improvement, promotion and recruitment processes. Malicious and abusive student comments in SET surveys have the potential to harm the wellbeing and career prospects of academics. Despite much…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Written Language, Antisocial Behavior, Language Usage
Buckley, Alex – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
Much is made of students generally rating assessment lower than other aspects of their educational experience. It is frequently cited in research literature as evidence for a general crisis in assessment, and it strongly influences institutional enhancement efforts and media coverage of student feedback. Focusing on the UK's National Student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Student Surveys, College Students
Pastore, Serafina; Manuti, Amelia; Scardigno, Anna Fausta – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
Despite the strong criticisms, mass student surveys play an important role in the quality assurance process of national higher education systems. While some national higher education systems have a long history of using student surveys to inform teaching and course quality improvement (e.g. the UK, Australia), in Italy, where the quality assurance…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Wang, Shutao; Zhang, Demei – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the mediating effect of learning engagement on the relationship between perceived teacher feedback and college students' academic performance, and the moderating effect of assessment characteristics on the relationship between perceived teacher feedback and learning engagement. A sample of 2,458 students in a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement, Student Evaluation
Arthur, Linet – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2020
In the neo-liberal context of a UK university, responding to student feedback in order to raise student satisfaction levels is important in improving National Student Survey (NSS) scores. This article focuses on the impact of a UK university's new student feedback questionnaire -- for individual modules -- which used the NSS questions. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Satisfaction, Professionalism, National Surveys
Heffernan, Troy – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
This paper analyses the current research regarding student evaluations of courses and teaching. The article argues that student evaluations are influenced by racist, sexist and homophobic prejudices, and are biased against discipline and subject area. This paper's findings are relevant to policymakers and academics as student evaluations are…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Racial Bias, Social Bias, LGBTQ People
Martins, Maria João; Reis Marques, Tiago; Laíns, Inês; Leal, Inês; Pessanha, Inês; Brochado, Bruno; Oliveira Santos, Manuel; Pinto Teixeira, Pedro; Fernandes, Diogo Hipólito; Silva, João Carlos; Sampaio, Filipa Almeida; Brandão, Mariana; Morais, Inês; Laranjinha, Inês; Teixeira, Nelson; Fernandes, Tiago; Carneiro, Diogo; Calvão, Joana; Pratas, Miguel; Palmela, Carolina; Lima, António; Pires, Guilherme; Reis, Joel; Raimundo, Miguel; Afonso, Raquel Rocha; Costa e Silva, Miguel; Quintas, Catarina; Rodrigues, Tiago M.; Coelho, Nuno Henriques; Ramos, Sónia Afonso; Policiano, Catarina; Rato, Catarina; Faria, Daniel Candeias; Lopes, Alice; Rodrigues, Joana Ramos; Ferreira, Afonso Nunes; Costeira, Filipa de Sousa; Marques, Renata; Cordeiro, Hugo; Richardson, John T. E. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
The UK National Student Survey (NSS) is a sound and widely used instrument for assessing students' academic experiences. We aimed to translate the NSS for Portuguese students and to validate the instrument in a sample of medical undergraduates. The research team translated and adapted the NSS for Portuguese students (NSS-P). The survey was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Medical Students
Bassett, Jonathan; Cleveland, Amanda; Acorn, Deborah; Nix, Marie; Snyder, Timothy – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
Student evaluations are a common source of information used by instructors and administrators, but their utility depends on students' motivation and attention. This paper presents evidence from two studies indicating that insufficient effort responding and lack of motivation may be problems in course evaluations. In the first study, approximately…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Attention, Student Motivation
Gamlath, Sharmila – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
Summative group assessment is increasingly used to prepare undergraduates for employment by developing their communication, interpersonal and teamworking capabilities. This article examined the effects of group assessment on progress rates and satisfaction among undergraduates by analysing the results of two surveys deployed by the Business School…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Student Surveys
Liu, Xiongyi; Li, Lan; Zhang, Zhihong – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of online assessment training, with synchronous group discussion as a key component, on subsequent web-based peer assessment results. Participants included 81 college students, mostly women, taking a business writing class. After initial submission of a draft counter-offer letter, they completed…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Group Discussion, Instructional Effectiveness, Business Communication
Mutch, Allyson; Young, Charlotte; Davey, Tamzyn; Fitzgerald, Lisa – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Meeting students' expectations associated with the provision of feedback is a perennial challenge for tertiary education. Efforts to provide comprehensive, timely feedback within our own first year undergraduate public health courses have not always met students' expectations. In response, we sought to develop peer feedback activities to support…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), College Freshmen, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Peer Evaluation
