The attention towards the assessments of quality of courses, degree programs and faculties has determined an increasing interest in collecting and analyzing longitudinal data on students’ evaluations. This study focuses on students’ opinions gathered in three consecutive academic years. The main aim is to test a suitable method to evaluate lectures’ performance over time moving from students’ assessments on several aspects of lecturers’ capabilities. The use of the same measurement instrument to assess lecturer’s performance allows to shed some light on changes that occur over time and to attribute them to different factors. Longitudinal analysis is a tool to build up specific paths of performance of lecturer’s capability and to highlight units characterized by particular positive or negative performance trends.
Evaluation lecturer's capability over time. Some evidence from surveys on university course quality
PORCU, MARIANO
2009-01-01
Abstract
The attention towards the assessments of quality of courses, degree programs and faculties has determined an increasing interest in collecting and analyzing longitudinal data on students’ evaluations. This study focuses on students’ opinions gathered in three consecutive academic years. The main aim is to test a suitable method to evaluate lectures’ performance over time moving from students’ assessments on several aspects of lecturers’ capabilities. The use of the same measurement instrument to assess lecturer’s performance allows to shed some light on changes that occur over time and to attribute them to different factors. Longitudinal analysis is a tool to build up specific paths of performance of lecturer’s capability and to highlight units characterized by particular positive or negative performance trends.
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