دورية أكاديمية
Just a Harmless Website?: An Experimental Examination of RateMyProfessors.com's Effect on Student Evaluations
العنوان: | Just a Harmless Website?: An Experimental Examination of RateMyProfessors.com's Effect on Student Evaluations |
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اللغة: | English |
المؤلفون: | Lewandowski, Gary W., Higgins, Emma, Nardone, Natalie N. |
المصدر: | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 2012 37(8):987-1002. |
الإتاحة: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journalsTest |
تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: | Y |
Page Count: | 16 |
تاريخ النشر: | 2012 |
نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
Education Level: | Higher Education |
الواصفات: | Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Profiles, Internet, Credibility, Lecture Method, Web Sites, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Laboratories |
DOI: | 10.1080/02602938.2011.594497 |
تدمد: | 0260-2938 |
مستخلص: | This set of experiments assessed the influence of RateMyProfessors.com profiles, and the perceived credibility of those profiles, on students' evaluations of professors and retention of material. In Study 1, 302 undergraduates were randomly assigned to read positive or negative RateMyProfessors.com profiles with comments that focused on superficial or legitimate professor features. Participants then watched a lecture clip, provided professor ratings and completed a quiz on the lecture. In Study 2, 81 students who were randomly assigned to read the same RateMyProfessors.com profiles before an actual class provided credibility ratings of the information, listened to a lecture and provided professor ratings at the end. Across both experiments, one in a laboratory setting, and one in an authentic undergraduate lecture, participants gave more favourable professor ratings after reading positive evaluations from RateMyProfessors.com information. These findings establish the causal link between professor information and subsequent evaluations. (Contains 1 note and 2 tables.) |
Abstractor: | As Provided |
Number of References: | 21 |
Entry Date: | 2013 |
رقم الانضمام: | EJ990513 |
قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
تدمد: | 0260-2938 |
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DOI: | 10.1080/02602938.2011.594497 |