Abstract #301608

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301608
Activity Number: 58
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 3, 2003 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #301608
Title: Why Student Evaluations of University Classes Fail in Relevance to Good Teaching
Author(s): John D. Lovell*+
Companies: California State University
Address: 28022 El Portal Dr., Hayward, CA, 94542-2512,
Keywords: student evaluations ; repeated measures designs
Abstract:

The information needed to evaluate the success of university classes is a combination of measures of student learning and the satisfaction of students. Data are presented in which student evaluations are taken along with measures of student learning and student happiness. Student evaluations show a near-zero correlation with learning. Thus it is not sensible to consider that student evaluations can be of use in maximizing learning. Student happiness seems only weakly associated with student evaluations. Student evaluations are objectionable in other terms such as the lack of accountability of anonymous evaluations and the rating of the competent by the novices. Thus it is suggested that the measurements of learning and happiness are superior to the measurement of student ratings of classes and teachers.

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