Gender and Student Evaluations of Teaching

Making the Grade: Using Instructional Feedback and Evaluation to Inspire Evidence-Based Teaching

“…Research has shown that students who respond voluntarily to surveys are different from those that do not respond in terms of study behavior and academic attainment (Nielsen et al ., 1978; Watkins and Hattie, 1985). In addition, although Feldman (1993) reported that the majority of studies of student evaluations of teaching found no significant differences between the genders, several recent studies have indicated bias for gender and ethnicity of the instructor (Basow, 1995; Anderson and Miller, 1997; Cramer and Alexitch, 2000; Boring et al ., 2016). Acknowledging these problems may help convince colleagues to use objective measures for determining the effectiveness of courses like the teaching portfolios (collections of documents that include a variety of different types of information including evidence of student learning) that more than 30% of our respondents indicated using or measures of student learning (e.g., course products, progress between initial and summative work, or written reflections as suggested by Blumberg, 2014).…”

The Behaviors that College Students Classify as Political Bias: Preliminary Findings and Implications

“…Sociology is one of the disciplines that is most frequently cited as "producers" of bias in two of these studies (ACTA 2006, Horowitz 2006, as well as in two Web sites on which students can post accusations of bias (No Indoctrination, http:// noindoctrination.org/cgibin/view_listings.cgi, and Students for Academic Freedom, http:// www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/ comp/default.asp). 1 Furthermore, sociologists may be accused of bias because students often resist or object to the material presented in sociology classes, especially when faculty members discuss sex and gender and/or race and ethnicity (see Andersen and Miller 1997, Chaisson 2004, Hartung 1990, Moore 1997, Neitz 1985, and Turkel 1986. For these reasons, sociologists should have a comprehensive understanding of the debate surrounding academic bias, including the behaviors students are likely to interpret as bias.…”

Women of Color Teaching Political Science: Examining the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Course Material in the Classroom

“…This discourse has explored concerns over possible gender bias, especially in the kinds of questions used, in the interpretation of the data, and in the sex-role stereotypes of students projected through these evaluations~Andersen and Miller 1997;Banks 1988;Basow 1987;Basow and Silberg 1987;Bennett 1982; APSA Committee on the Status of Women 1992; Freeman 1994; Kierstead, D'Agostino, and Dill 1988;Langbein 1994;Martin 1984!. While conflicting results exist~see especially Basow and Silberg 1987;Feldman 1993;Kierstead, D'Agostino, and Dill 1988;Sidanius and Crane 1989;and Tatro 1995! This discourse has explored concerns over possible gender bias, especially in the kinds of questions used, in the interpretation of the data, and in the sex-role stereotypes of students projected through these evaluations~Andersen and Miller 1997;Banks 1988;Basow 1987;Basow and Silberg 1987;Bennett 1982; APSA Committee on the Status of Women 1992; Freeman 1994; Kierstead, D'Agostino, and Dill 1988;Langbein 1994;Martin 1984!. While conflicting results exist~see especially Basow and Silberg 1987;Feldman 1993;Kierstead, D'Agostino, and Dill 1988;Sidanius and Crane 1989;and Tatro 1995!…”