Teaching evaluation and student response rate

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to share the author’s viewpoint on how to increase student response rate in course evaluation surveys. Design/methodology/approach - The approach is to highlight measures which increased student response rate in online surveys of the author’s teaching evaluatio...

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Main Author: Tashfeen Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2018-12-01
Series:PSU Research Review
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Online Access:https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/PRR-03-2018-0008
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to share the author’s viewpoint on how to increase student response rate in course evaluation surveys. Design/methodology/approach - The approach is to highlight measures which increased student response rate in online surveys of the author’s teaching evaluation at The University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Findings - This viewpoint suggests that student response rate to course evaluation can be improved by the lecturer’s effective communication. The examples of effective communication are given in this paper. Originality/value - This work will encourage the lecturers to initiate more student engagement to improve response rate of their teaching evaluation.
ISSN:2399-1747
2398-4007