Actually, the study may have been measuring WHAT the students were learning, rather than how much. On Jan 9, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote:
So it may turn out that student course evaluations are not merely invalid, but actually contraindicative of instructor quality. That is, the less students learn (i.e., are made to learn), the higher they rate the professor, on average. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/college-inc/2010/06/study_high-rated_professors_ar.html Although Air Force Academy may not be typical of colleges and universities, and calculus may not be typical of all courses, I am impressed by the "natural experiment" Air Force affords by randomly assigning students to course sections, and by having a common syllabus among them. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15186 or send a blank email to leave-15186-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
