Sex Bias and Career Evaluations by College Women

Basow, Susan A.; Howe, Karen G.

doi:10.2466/pms.1979.49.3.705

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Student and teacher gender in ratings of university faculty: Results from five colleges of study

1993

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At the postsecondary level, instructional effectiveness is typically evaluated by student ratings. Such ratings, which serve many decision-making purposes within the college or university system, are meant to illustrate particular characteristics of the instructor being rated. However, the same ratings may also reflect particular characteristics of those doing the rating. Because each student has a unique set of experiences and perceptions, student ratings cannot be considered perfect images of instructors' pedagogical abilities. Rather, factors inherent to students' individual natures are also a component of these ratings; and when such factors do not appear to be related to pedagogical ability, the utility of the information provided by student ratings becomes questionable.One such factor that has received attention in the literature is gender--both of instructors being rated and of students providing the ratings. As for instructor gender, numerous past studies have offered little support for overall male or female

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