Student evaluations, grade inflation and pluralistic teaching: Moving from customer satisfaction to student learning and critical thinking

Forum for Social Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-135

  Schneider, Geoff ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade inflation; Learning; Pluralism; Student evaluations of teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016508437     PISSN: 07360932     EISSN: 18746381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2013.771128     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Arreola, R. A., 2007. Developing a comprehensive faculty evaluation system:A guide to designing, building, and operating large-scale faculty evaluation systems, San Francisco, CA:Anker Publishing.
2. Arum, R., and Roksa, J., 2011. Academically adrift:Limited learning on college campuses, Chicago, IL:University of Chicago Press.
3. Arum, R., Roksa, J., & Cho, E. (2011). Improving undergraduate learning:Findings and policy recommendations. Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from http://highered.ssrc.org/files/SSRC_Report.pdf
4. Bain, K., 2004. What the best college teachers do, Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press.
5. Baldwin, T., and Blattner, N., 2003. Guarding against potential bias in student evaluations:What every faculty member needs to know. College Teaching, 51(1):27–32.
6. Becker, W. E., William, B., and Watts, M., 2012. How departments of economics evaluate teaching. The Journal of Economic Education, 43:325–333.
7. Berk, R. A., 2005. Survey of 12 strategies to assess teaching effectiveness. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 17(1):48–62.
8. Birnbaum, M. H., 1999. A survey of faculty opinions concerning student evaluations of teaching. The Senate Forum. Retrieved from http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/faculty3.htm
9. Browne, M. N., Hoag, J. H., Myers, M. L., and Hiers, W. J., 1997. Student evaluation of teaching as if critical thinking really mattered. The Journal of General Education, 46:192–206.
10. Cashin, W. E. (1995). Student ratings of instruction:The research revisited. Kansas State University Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Idea Paper 32. Retrieved from http://www.theideacenter.org/sites/default/files/Idea_Paper_32.pdf
11. Crumbley, D. L., and Reichelt, K. J., 2009. Teaching effectiveness, impression management, and dysfunctional behavior:Student evaluation of teaching control data. Quality Assurance in Education, 17:377–392.
12. Emery, C. R., Kramer, T. R., and Tian, R. G., 2003. Return to academic standards:A critique of student evaluations of teaching effectiveness. Quality Assurance in Education, 11(1):37–46.
13. Filetti, J., Mary, W., and King, W. M., 2010. Grades and ranking:When tenure affects assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 15:1–6.
14. Gohmann, S. F., and McCrickard, M. J., 2001. Tenure status and grade inflation:A time series approach. Journal of the Academy of Business Education, 2:1–8.
15. Hobson, S. M., and Talbot, D. M., 2001. Understanding student evaluations:What all faculty should know. College Teaching, 49(1):26–31.
16. Johnson, V. E., 2003. Grade inflation:A crisis in college education, New York, NY:Springer-Verlag.
17. Kezim, B., Pariseau, S. E., and Quinn, F., 2005. Is grade inflation related to faculty status?. Journal of Education for Business, 80:358–364.
18. Knoedler, J. T., and Underwood, D. A., 2003. Teaching the principles of economics:A proposal for a multi-paradigmatic approach. Journal of Economic Issues, 37:697–724.
19. Marsh, H. W., 2007. “Students' evaluations of university teaching:Dimensionality, reliability, validity, potential biases and usefulness”. In Scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education:An evidence-based perspective, Edited by:Perry, R. P., and Smart, J. C., Dordrecht, The Netherlands:Springer.
20. Martinson, D. L., 2004. A perhaps ‘Politically Incorrect’ solution to the very real problem of grade inflation. College Teaching, 52:47–51.
21. Moore, M., and Trahan, R., 1998. Tenure status and grading practices. Sociological Perspectives, 41:775–781.
22. Nasser, F., and Fresko, B., 2002. Faculty views of student evaluation of college teaching. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2:187–198.
23. Neal, A. D., 2008. Reviewing post-tenure review. Academe, 94:27–30.
24. Nelson, J. A., 2009. “The principles course”. In The handbook of pluralist economics education, 57–68. London:Routledge.
25. Pallett, W., 2006. “Uses and abuses of student ratings”. In Evaluating faculty performance, Edited by:Seldin, P., 50–65. San Francisco, CA:Jossey Bass.
26. Ryan, J. J., Anderson, J. A., and Birchler, A. B., 1980. Student evaluation:The faculty responds. Research in Higher Education, 12:317–333.
27. Sojka, J., Gupta, A. K., and Deeter-Schmelz, D. R., 2002. Student and faculty perceptions of student evaluations of teaching:A study of similarities and differences. College Teaching, 50:44–49.
28. Valsan, K., and Sproule, R., 2008. The invisible hands behind student evaluation of teaching. Journal of Economic Issues, 42:939–958.