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Students' rating as one of the methods for instruction evaluation
Sbornik Vedeckych Praci Lekarske Fakulty Karlovy University V Hradci Kralove
|January 1, 1990
Summary
This study summarizes global knowledge on higher education quality evaluation, focusing on instructional effectiveness and pedagogical evaluation. It details methods like rating scales, emphasizing their appropriate use and limitations for accurate assessment.
Area of Science:
- Higher Education Research
- Educational Measurement
- Pedagogy
Background:
- Higher education quality evaluation is complex, involving various definitions of effectiveness and evaluation types (formative vs. summative).
- Existing approaches include assessing university prestige, objective indicators, and correlation studies, highlighting the multifaceted and subjective nature of instructional quality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive overview of higher education quality evaluation methods.
- To analyze the construction, application, and interpretation of student rating scales for instructional quality assessment.
- To discuss the validity, reliability, and practical implications of student evaluations.
Main Methods:
- Review and synthesis of existing knowledge on educational effectiveness and evaluation.
- Detailed analysis of student rating scales, including their design, implementation, and statistical interpretation.
- Discussion of factors influencing assessment validity and reliability, and reactions to evaluation results.
Main Results:
- Instructional quality is a relative, multifaceted concept influenced by subjective elements.
- Student rating scales are a common but potentially biased method for evaluating university instruction.
- Proper construction, administration, and interpretation are crucial for meaningful results from rating scales.
Conclusions:
- Student evaluation is one of many tools for assessing instructional quality, possessing both strengths and weaknesses.
- Unqualified use or overestimation of rating scale results, particularly for summative purposes, should be avoided.
- A clear understanding of evaluation concepts and principles is essential for selecting and applying appropriate methods.