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Silva, Kathleen M.; Silva, Francisco J.; Quinn, Megan A.; Draper, Jill N.; Cover, Kimberly R.; Munoff, Alison A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
We analyzed students' ratings and comments of their psychology instructors that were posted on RateMyProfessors.com and RateMyProfessors.ca to determine which features of a course and an instructor evoked the most positive and negative reactions. A content analysis of students' comments showed that instructors' characteristics(e.g., enthusiastic,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Psychometrics, Content Analysis, Student Development
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Costin, Frank – Teaching of Psychology, 1978
A study tested the predictive validity of student ratings of college teachers in an introductory psychology course. Repeated over several years, the assessment employed a rating instrument developed by someone other than the course instructor. Moderate and consistent positive correlations were obtained between ratings of teacher skill and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Psychology