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1 The Science of Student Ratings Samuel T. Moulton Director of Educational Research and Assessment Bok Center June 6, 2012

2 Goals

3 Goals 1. know key research findings

4 Goals 1. know key research findings 2. understand basic concepts of assessment

5 Goals 1. know key research findings 2. understand basic concepts of assessment 3. Bok HILT

6 Overstudied, Underlearned Remmers, H. H. (1928). The relationship between students marks and student attitudes towards instructors. School and Society, 28, Remmers, H. H. (1930). To what extent do grades influence student ratings of instructors? Journal of Educational Research, 21, Remmers, H. H. (1934). Reliability and halo effect on high school and college students judgments of their teachers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 18, Remmers, H. H. (1931). The equivalence of judgements and test items in the sense of the Spearman-Brown formula. Journal of Educational Psychology, 22, Remmers, H. H. (1958). On students perceptions of teachers effectiveness. In McKeachie (Ed.) The appraisal of reaching in large universities. (pp ). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan. Remmers, H. H. (1963). Teaching methods in research on teaching. In N. L. Gage (Ed.), Handbook on Teaching. Chicago: Rand McNally. Remmers, H. H., & Brandenburg, G. C. (1927). Experimental data on the Purdue Rating Scale for instructors. Educational Administration and Supervision, 13, Remmers, H. H., & Elliot, D. N. (1949). The Indiana college and university staff evaluation program. School and Society, 70, Remmers, H. H., & Wykoff, G. S. (1929). Student ratings of college teaching-a reply. School and Society, 30, Remmers, H. H., Martin, F. D., & Elliot, D. N. (1949). Are student ratings of their instructors related to their grades? Purdue University Studies in Higher Education, 44,

7 Overstudied, Underlearned Remmers, H. H. (1928). The relationship between students marks and student attitudes towards instructors. School and Society, 28, Remmers, H. H. (1930). To what extent do grades influence student ratings of instructors? Journal of Educational Research, 21, Remmers, H. H. (1934). Reliability and halo effect on high school and college students judgments of their teachers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 18, Remmers, H. H. (1931). The equivalence of judgements and test items in the sense of the Spearman-Brown formula. Journal of Educational Psychology, 22, Remmers, H. H. (1958). On students perceptions of teachers effectiveness. In McKeachie (Ed.) The appraisal of reaching in large universities. (pp ). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan. Remmers, H. H. (1963). Teaching methods in research on teaching. In N. L. Gage (Ed.), Handbook on Teaching. Chicago: Rand McNally. Remmers, H. H., & Brandenburg, G. C. (1927). Experimental data on the Purdue Rating Scale for instructors. Educational Administration and Supervision, 13, Remmers, H. H., & Elliot, D. N. (1949). The Indiana college and university staff evaluation program. School and Society, 70, Remmers, H. H., & Wykoff, G. S. (1929). Student ratings of college teaching-a reply. School and Society, 30, Remmers, H. H., Martin, F. D., & Elliot, D. N. (1949). Are student ratings of their instructors related to their grades? Purdue University Studies in Higher Education, 44,

8 Overstudied, Underlearned Remmers, H. H. (1928). The relationship between students marks and student attitudes towards instructors. School and Society, 28, Remmers, H. H. (1930). To what extent do grades influence student ratings of instructors? Journal of Educational Research, 21, Remmers, H. H. (1934). Reliability and halo effect on high school and college students judgments of their teachers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 18, Remmers, H. H. (1931). The equivalence of judgements and test items in the sense of the Spearman-Brown formula. Journal of Educational Psychology, 22, Remmers, H. H. (1958). On students perceptions of teachers effectiveness. In McKeachie (Ed.) The appraisal of reaching in large universities. (pp ). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan. Remmers, H. H. (1963). Teaching methods in research on teaching. In N. L. Gage (Ed.), Handbook on Teaching. Chicago: Rand McNally. Remmers, H. H., & Brandenburg, G. C. (1927). Experimental data on the Purdue Rating Scale for instructors. Educational Administration and Supervision, 13, Remmers, H. H., & Elliot, D. N. (1949). The Indiana college and university staff evaluation program. School and Society, 70, Remmers, H. H., & Wykoff, G. S. (1929). Student ratings of college teaching-a reply. School and Society, 30, Remmers, H. H., Martin, F. D., & Elliot, D. N. (1949). Are student ratings of their instructors related to their grades? Purdue University Studies in Higher Education, 44,

9 Overstudied, Underlearned # articles Title = "student ratings" OR "ratings of instruction" OR "instruction ratings" OR "student evaluations"

10 Overstudied, Underlearned

11 Persistent Myths student ratings are just popularity contests student ratings are unreliable and invalid student will not appreciate good teaching until they are out of college a few years students just want easy courses student feedback cannot be used to help improve instruction

12 Reliability: Consistency 100 N = 100 # students unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent rating

13 Reliability: Consistency 100 N = 100 # students unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent rating

14 Reliability: Consistency maximal agreement maximal disagreement fair good very good excellent unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent random actual fair good very good excellent unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent

15 Reliability: Consistency 100 maximal agreement 100 maximal disagreement fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent 100 random 100 actual fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent

16 Reliability: Consistency 100 maximal agreement 100 maximal disagreement fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent 100 random 100 actual fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent

17 Reliability: Consistency 100 maximal agreement 100 maximal disagreement fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent 100 random 100 actual fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent

18 Reliability: Consistency 100 maximal agreement 100 maximal disagreement fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent 100 random 100 actual fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent

19 Reliability: Consistency 100 maximal agreement 100 maximal disagreement fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent 100 random 100 actual fair good very good excellent 0 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory fair good very good excellent

20 Reliability: Stability 5 mean rating (one year later) mean rating (end of semester)

21 Reliability: Stability Over years of receiving feedback from ratings, faculty tend to: 5 rating 4 get better ratings get the same ratings get worse ratings year

22 Reliability: Stability Marsh, H.W. (2007). Do University Teachers Become More Effective With Experience? A Multilevel Growth Model of Students Evaluations of Teaching Over 13 Years. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99,

23 Reliability: Generalizability Instructor same different Course same different r =.7 r 0 r =.6 r 0 n (courses) = 341 adapted from Marsh (1982)

24 Validity: Multisection Studies Q: Do ratings relate to learning?

25 Validity: Multisection Studies Q: Do ratings relate to learning?

26 Validity: Multisection Studies Q: Do ratings relate to learning?

27 Validity: Multisection Studies Q: Do ratings relate to learning? pretest / posttest / rating

28 Validity: Multisection Studies Q: Do ratings relate to learning? pretest / posttest / rating correlation =???

29 Validity: Multisection Studies Q: Do ratings relate to learning? pretest / posttest / rating learning.3 < correlation = <???.5 learning rating rating

30 Validity: Convergent/Divergent correlation w/ ratings Other criteria Course variables Instructor variables Student variables student comments difficulty expressiveness* prior interest alumni ratings arts/humanities rank expected grade* administrator ratings class size research productivity age/year peer ratings (reputation) time of day grading leniency gender expert ratings gender GPA learning race personality instructor self-ratings peer ratings (classroom) age teaching experience

31 Dr. Fox Effect

32 Thin Slices Research

33 Thin Slices Research

34 Thin Slices Research

35 Limits of subjective report

36 Limits of subjective report

37 Limits of subjective report

38 Limits of subjective report Telling more than we can know.

39 Limits of subjective report Telling more than we can know. Not knowing why and what we know.

40 Limits of subjective report Telling more than we can know. Not knowing why and what we know. Learning is inferred not observed.

41 Goals

42 Goals 1. know key research findings

43 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid

44 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning

45 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small

46 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small difficulty is desirable (to a point)

47 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small difficulty is desirable (to a point) limits of ratings

48 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small difficulty is desirable (to a point) limits of ratings

49 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small difficulty is desirable (to a point) limits of ratings 2. understand basic concepts of assessment

50 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small difficulty is desirable (to a point) limits of ratings 2. understand basic concepts of assessment reliability

51 Goals 1. know key research findings as measures of teaching effectiveness, ratings are very reliable and somewhat valid enthusiasm/expressiveness affects both ratings and learning grading leniency effects are small difficulty is desirable (to a point) limits of ratings 2. understand basic concepts of assessment reliability validity 3. Bok HILT

52 three purposes for student ratings: feedback to instructors, personnel decisions, information for students.

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