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Student Characteristics Affecting Student Attitudes To The Evaluation Of Instructors, John P. Callahan
Student Characteristics Affecting Student Attitudes To The Evaluation Of Instructors, John P. Callahan
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
Declining enrollments and continuing tuition increases are having major impact on all universities. It is a commonly accepted fact that the quality of a university can be directly related to the quality of its faculty. With this assumption in mind, a university must then determine the best method for evaluating the teaching effectiveness of its faculty members. The study is an examination of certain student characteristics that might affect the attitudes of students when evaluating instructors. Seven individual student characteristics (sex, age, academic level, major, nationality, teaching preference and leadership experience) were examined to determine if there was any relationship …