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Evaluating Methods for Evaluating Instruction: The Case of Higher Education

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Bruce A. Weinberg
Belton M. Fleisher
Masanori Hashimoto

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This paper develops an original measure of learning in higher education, based on grades in subsequent courses. Using this measure of learning, this paper shows that student evaluations are positively related to current grades but unrelated to learning once current grades are controlled. It offers evidence that the weak relationship between learning and student evaluations arises, in part, because students are unaware of how much they have learned in a course. The paper concludes with a discussion of easily-implemented, optimal methods for evaluating teaching.

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A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
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  1. Watts, Michael & Bosshardt, William, 1991. "How Instructors Make a Difference: Panel Data Estimates from Principles of Economic Courses," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 73(2), pages 336-40, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Ronald G. Ehrenberg, 2004. "Prospects in the Academic Labor Market for Economists," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 18(2), pages 227-238, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 1999. "How Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 344-349, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Bedard, Kelly & Kuhn, Peter, 2008. "Where class size really matters: Class size and student ratings of instructor effectiveness," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 253-265, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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