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The Importance of Instructor and Student Variables in Course Evaluations
Sat, April 9, 8:15 to 9:45am, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Two, Marquis Salon 16Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relative importance of student and instructor variables in overall ratings of instructors in course evaluations. All course evaluations from an urban institution in the Northeast region of the United States between Fall 2005 and Spring 2010 were analyzed. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that student variables (such as expected grade and GPA) explained some of the variance in overall ratings of instructors, but instructor variables (such as preparedness and communication) explained much more of the variance. These results suggest that overall ratings of instructors in course evaluations are much more related to the actual effectiveness of instructors than to the grades students expect to receive or their overall GPAs.