A model for constructive use of student evaluation of teaching

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1998-09-01

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Daloğlu, Ayşegül

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Student evaluation of teaching is a controversial issue in English language teaching for a variety of reasons. First, there are doubts about the reliability of questions in questionnaire forms where students rate their instructors and in the way students answer them (Baxter, 1991). Secondly, how, where, and why student evaluation data are used may have tremendous impact. In institutions which employ a performance-based appraisal system, such data are included in the instructors' files and can affect their careers. When there are concerns regarding the reliability and credibility of the data collected, their usefulness and validity are questionable. The aims of this paper are to explore the current status of student evaluation of teaching as a means toward improving quality of teaching and learning, to outline the problems encountered in conducting student evaluations of teaching, and to propose a qualitative model which makes constructive use of student evaluations. The model was tested with students at a Turkish university, and will be described in this context. It is believed that this model is appropriate for other ESL and EFL situations as well.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/111803

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