Major increases in teachers’ performance evaluations: Evidence from student evaluation of teaching surveys

Purpose: This exploratory study examined major increases in teachers’ performance evaluations and their immediate impact on next year’s score for those instructors that taught the same subject for at least two years in a row. The purpose was twofold. Firstly, to identify those Student Evaluation of...

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Autores: Leguey Galán, Santiago, Prieto Bermejo, Jaime, Guede Cid, Rocío, Cid Cid, Ana I
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/28858
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10115/28858
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Teacher evaluation
higher education
student evaluation of teaching
SET
university teaching
teacher performance evaluation
teaching excellence
SET surveys
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Sumario:Purpose: This exploratory study examined major increases in teachers’ performance evaluations and their immediate impact on next year’s score for those instructors that taught the same subject for at least two years in a row. The purpose was twofold. Firstly, to identify those Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) survey items associated with major increases in teacher evaluations. Secondly, to examine if there is evidence of the use of these SET results by instructors to improve their teaching. Design: The sample comprised SET survey ratings from one university over a five consecutive year period, for a total sample of 13,052 teacher evaluations and 3,893 teachers-subject observations under analysis. Frequency tables and Student’s t-test were used for analysis. Findings: The results highlighted the three SET survey items captured by the dimension of teaching methodology as those most closely related to major increases in teacher evaluations. Regarding the second objective, the results show no generalised response from teachers who experience major increases in SET ratings. T