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Successfully Addressing the Problem of Student Participation in Course Assessments Mary Anne Baker

Successfully Addressing the Problem of Student Participation in Course Assessments Mary Anne Baker Christopher Gibbons. Outline. Background: Use of College Course and Instructor Evaluations Use of Course and Instructor Evaluations at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

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Successfully Addressing the Problem of Student Participation in Course Assessments Mary Anne Baker

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  1. Successfully Addressing the Problem of Student Participation in Course Assessments Mary Anne Baker Christopher Gibbons

  2. Outline • Background: Use of College Course and Instructor Evaluations • Use of Course and Instructor Evaluations at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar • Evaluation Formats Used 2007-08 to 2011-12 • Student Response Rates • Blended Approach Introduced 2012-13

  3. Historical Context Evaluation of Instructors began about 80 years ago (e.g., Blum M. L., J. of Educational Psychology, 1936, 27, 217-221) 1960’s focus shifted to providing feedback to instructors from consumers (students) about how well instructor met his/her goals in teaching the course (McKeachie, W. J. Student ratings of faculty, AAUP Bulletin, 1969, 55, 439-444) --some studies found no relationship between student grades and evaluations other studies did -- similar findings for gender of instructor and gender of student

  4. Examples of Published Results Comparisons • Response rates for On-line evaluations with grade incentive equal to In-class rates • Response rates for On-line significantly lower without gradeincentive (Dommeyer, Baum, Hanna and Chapman, Assessment & Eval in HE, 2004, 5, 611-623)

  5. Survey Format Used 2007-08 to 2008-09

  6. WCMC-Q Phase One

  7. FEATURED DEVELOPMENTS

  8. Administration Process • Each student receives email morning of course final exam • Email reminder 3-5 days following exam from our office • Second reminder from our office one week later • If low response rate, instructor asked to send email to students

  9. FEATURED DEVELOPMENTS

  10. Blended Process Currently Being Used • Students have printed copy of evaluation on their desks when they begin taking final exam in course if computer not used in final exam • If computers available in test room, as student turns in test s/he is asked to return to computer and login to email and open message to complete evaluation online • Staff are present in room until last student completes evaluation

  11. Blended Process Currently Being Used • Evaluations completed on paper forms are entered into online system by office staff • For all courses all response data are stored in online system • Data, data summaries and are stored in online format • Year-end reports derived from these data files

  12. Blended Process – The Future • Can we maintain high response rates with this system? • Optimistic because having students respond before leave test room with observer present has a positive effect • While students vary in their interest in the evaluation process, many seem to become engaged in providing feedback once they begin • Faculty are encouraging student engagement

  13. Thank You

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