An Empirical Test of the Validity of Student Evaluations of Teaching Made on RateMyProfessors.com

Autor/inn/en	Sonntag, Michael E.; Bassett, Jonathan F.; Snyder, Timothy
Titel	An Empirical Test of the Validity of Student Evaluations of Teaching Made on RateMyProfessors.com
Quelle	In: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 34 (2009) 5, S.499-504 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-2938
Schlagwörter	Student Evaluation; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Validity; Teacher Effectiveness; Higher Education; Educational Assessment; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Criteria; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Technology; Internet; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Software; College Students; Grading; College Faculty; Web Sites; Online Courses; Correlation; Faculty Evaluation; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Gültigkeit; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Collegestudent; Notengebung; Fakultät; Web-Design; Online course; Online-Kurs; Korrelation
Abstract	The present article examined the validity of public web-based teaching evaluations by comparing the ratings on RateMyProfessors.com for 126 professors at Lander University to the institutionally administered student evaluations of teaching and actual average assigned GPAs for these same professors. Easiness website ratings were significantly positively correlated with actual assigned grades. Further, clarity and helpfulness website ratings were significantly positively correlated with student ratings of overall instructor excellence and overall course excellence on the institutionally administered IDEA forms. The results of this study offer preliminary support for the validity of the evaluations on RateMyProfessors.com. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10