The Student Ratings Debate: Are They Valid How Can We Best Use Them New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 109

by Theall, Michael; Abrami, Philip C.; Mets, Lisa A.

• ISBN13: 9780787957568
• ISBN10: 0787957569
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-19
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This is the 109th issue of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Institutional Research,"

Author Biography

MICHAEL THEALL is associate professor of educational administration and director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield. PHILIP C. ABRAMI is professor and director of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.LISA A. METS is executive assistant to the president at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Table of Contents

Editors' Notes	1	(8)
Philip C. Abrami
Michael Theall
Lisa A. Mets
Part One: Summarizing the Evidence
Student Ratings: Validity, Utility, and Controversy	9	(18)
James A. Kulik
How Do Student Ratings Measure Up to a New Validity Framework?	27	(18)
John C. Ory
Katherine Ryan
Looking for Bias in All the Wrong Places: A Search for Truth or a Witch Hunt in Student Ratings of Instruction?	45	(14)
Michael Theall
Jennifer Franklin
Part Two: Suggestions for New Methodologies
Improving Judgments About Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms	59	(30)
Philip C. Abrami
Can We Put Precision into Practice? Commentary and Thoughts Engendered by Abrami's ``Improving Judgments About Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms''	89	(8)
Michael Theall
Improving Judgments About Teaching Effectiveness: How to Lie Without Statistics	97	(6)
Philip C. Abrami
Index	103