Student Evaluations of Teaching I: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | TAPP 84

2020-12-21

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Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are problematic in many ways—but perhaps useful in other ways. Host Kevin Patton discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly. What are the issues and what's behind those issues? 00:47 | Student Evaluation of Teaching (intro) 02:28 | Share the Fun: Refer & Earn 05:37 | The Good 08:39 | Sponsored by AAA 10:12 | The Bad 26:10 | Sponsored by HAPI 28:13 | The Ugly 44:15 | Sponsored by HAPS 45:26 | Staying Connected If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here.

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Student Evaluation of Teaching (intro)

1.5 minutes

A brief intro to this discussion of student evaluation of teaching. This is the first of two planned episodes on this subject.

Share the Fun: Refer & Earn

3 minutes

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Student Evaluation of Teaching: The Good

3 minutes

There is useful, actionable information that can be obtained from valid and fair student evaluations of teaching. When they work.

Sponsored by AAA

1.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.

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Student Evaluation of Teaching: The Bad

16 minutes

A lot can go wrong with student evaluations of teaching. In this segment, Kevin uses a recent research article demonstrating unfairness of valid evaluations as a launching point for discussion.

Unbiased, reliable, and valid student evaluations can still be unfair (journal article) my-ap.us/38baMg3 Even ‘Valid’ Student Evaluations Are ‘Unfair' (online article) my-ap.us/34eyAhG Actual Learning vs. Feeling of Learning | Journal Club Episode | TAPP 83 (previous episode mentioned in this discussion)

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Student Evaluation of Teaching: The Ugly

16 minutes

Kevin turns his attention to a few of the potential ugly issues concerning student evaluations of faculty.

The 20 Meanest Teacher Evaluations of All Time (an informal list of anecdotes) my-ap.us/3r6WANE Prof Evaluations PART 3 – The Ugly | Evaluations can bring out the least attractive aspects of human nature (online essay) my-ap.us/3p9QFFW Teaching Evals: Bias and Tenure (online essay) my-ap.us/3asoH43 The Frequency of “Brilliant” and “Genius” in Teaching Evaluations Predicts the Representation of Women and African Americans across Fields (research article on bias in online professor-evaluation sites) my-ap.us/3h1r9jc