Influences on course evaluation: Student and faculty perspectives

Abstract

End-of-course evaluations are often used as stand-alone indicators of an instructor's overall effectiveness and as input for faculty promotion and tenure purposes. In this session, we will examine the results from a large-scale multi-institution survey of students and faculty responding to questions about the uses of and influences on students' ratings on course evaluations. Participants will discuss findings on the perceptions and uses of course evaluations from both the student and faculty perspective, will share examples of the course-evaluation issues and solutions on their campuses, and will generate ideas for future research on course evaluations.