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- Title
Norming of Student Evaluations of Instruction: Impact of Noninstructional Factors.
- Authors
Nargundkar, Satish; Shrikhande, Milind
- Abstract
ABSTRACT Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEIs) from about 6,000 sections over 4 years representing over 100,000 students at the college of business at a large public university are analyzed, to study the impact of noninstructional factors on student ratings. Administrative factors like semester, time of day, location, and instructor attributes like gender and rank are studied. The combined impact of all the noninstructional factors studied is statistically significant. Our study has practical implications for administrators who use SEIs to evaluate faculty performance. SEI scores reflect some inherent biases due to noninstructional factors. Appropriate norming procedures can compensate for such biases, ensuring fair evaluations.
- Subjects
RATING of students; PUBLIC universities &; colleges; NONINSTRUCTIONAL teacher responsibilities; INSTRUCTIONAL systems; FAIRNESS; EDUCATIONAL equalization
- Publication
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1540-4595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dsji.12023