Minasuk/ September 19, 2014/ Uncategorized

Scholars Take Aim at Student Evaluations’ ‘Air of Objectivity’ Student course evaluations are often misused statistically and shed little light on the quality of teaching, two scholars at the University of California at Berkeley argue in the draft of a new paper. “We’re confusing consumer satisfaction with product value,” Philip B. Stark, a professor of statistics at Berkeley, said in

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Minasuk/ September 12, 2014/ Uncategorized

Professor Deeply Hurt by Student’s Evaluation | The Onion | April 1996 A classic from the archives. Leon Rothberg, Ph.D., a 58-year-old professor of English Literature at Ohio State University, was shocked and saddened Monday after receiving a sub-par mid-semester evaluation from freshman student Chad Berner. The circles labeled 4 and 5 on the Scan-Tron form were predominantly filled in,

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Minasuk/ September 12, 2014/ Uncategorized

In Cheeky Pushback, Colleges Razz Rate My Professors Many professors assail the website and anything that might give it credence. But at least some faculty members have recently concluded that the best way to challenge the site and its unsubstantiated ratings is to mock it without mercy.