Student ratings and professor self-ratings of college teaching: Effects of gender and divisional affiliation
Basow S.A.; Montgomery S.
2005
Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education
35
10.1007/s11092-006-9001-8
Twenty female and 23 male professors at a liberal arts college participated along with their 803 undergraduate students in a questionnaire study of the effects of professor gender, student gender, and divisional affiliation on student ratings of professors and professor self-ratings. Students rated their professors on 26 questions tapping five teaching factors as well as overall teaching effectiveness. Professors rated themselves on the same questions as well as on nine exploratory ones. On student ratings, there were main effects for both professor gender (female professors were rated higher than male professors on the two interpersonal factors) and division (natural science courses were rated lowest on most factors). These patterns were qualified by significant interactions between professor gender and division. Although professor self-ratings varied by division, there were few significant correlations between professor self-ratings and students' ratings. Implications for future research are discussed.
College professors; Divisional afiliation; Gender; Student ratings; Teaching
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