In my opinion, student evaluations are almost useless (I get good ones).
Freshman have no basis to grade college profs.
The #1 variable that determines course evaluation is expected grade in the course. Profs who show lots of movies, drop the lowest test, let attendance count for 25% of the grade, etc. tend to get good evals.
Profs who make students work get slammed. One of my favorite evals was, "Pisacreta sucks. I had to study every week in order to get a decent grade."
Rip
Professor, Psychology,
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI 49307
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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