The Quality of Student Perception Questionnaires: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Student perceptions of teaching are promising for measuring the quality of teaching in primary and secondary education. However, generating valid and reliable measurements when using a student perception questionnaire (SPQ) is not self-evident. Many authors have pointed to issues that need to be taken into account when developing, selecting, and using an SPQ in order to generate valid and reliable scores. In this study, 22 SPQs that met the inclusion criteria used in the literature search were systematically evaluated by two reviewers. The reviewers were most positive about the theoretical basis of the SPQs and about the quality of the SPQ materials. According to their evaluation, most SPQs also had acceptable reliability and construct validity. However, norm information about the quality rating measures was often lacking and few sampling specifications were provided. Information about the features of the SPQs, if available, was also often not presented in an accessible way by the instrument developers (e.g., in a user manual), making it difficult for potential SPQ users to obtain an overview of the qualities of available SPQs in order to decide which SPQs best fit their own context and intended use. It is suggested to create an international database of SPQs and to develop a standardized evaluation framework to evaluate the SPQ qualities in order to provide potential users with the information they need to make a well-informed choice of an SPQ.

Diseño y validación de un cuestionario de percepciones de estudiantes sobre la enseñanza a través de analogías en docentes de ciencias del deporte. (Design and validation of a questionnaire of student perceptions of teaching through analogies in sports science teachers.)

“…Varios autores, cuestionan la calidad de los estudios sobre las percepciones de los estudiantes sobre los procesos educativos, debido que no existe una caracterización de los cuestionarios de percepción de los estudiantes que se usan en la docencia universitaria. De igual manera, no se reportan claramente las propiedades psicométricas de los cuestionarios existentes, lo que genera interrogantes en la obtención de los resultados por falta de estandarización en la construcción de los instrumentos, y en los procedimientos de aplicación de estos (Akareem & Hossain, 2016;Dicker, et al, 2017;Vaz-Fernandes & Caeiro, 2019;Bijlsma, 2021). Sin embargo, se reconoce el potencial que tiene el uso de las analogías como estrategia didáctica que mejora la capacidad de enseñanza del docente universitario.…”

“…Entre, los instrumentos se incluyen pruebas de conocimientos y de compresión de conceptos (Chan & Schunn, 2015), pruebas de razonamiento lógico o de pensamiento (Eskandar, et al, 2013), hojas de trabajo y entrevistas (Paul, et al, 2019) y la aplicación de encuestas de percepciones de los estudiantes. A pesar de ello, pocos de estos instrumentos, han reportado información detallada y sistemática de sus propiedades psicométricas y su calidad metodológica para facilitar el proceso de aprendizaje (Bijlsma, 2021).…”

Teacher-student relationship and teaching styles in primary education: A model of analysis

“…, 2021). Issues of validity and reliability cannot be ignored when interpreting the results (Bijlsma, 2021). The same can be said for the “halo effects” of “community” – or perceived teacher warmth- and/or student interest in the subject (Röhl and Rollett, 2021).…”

“…In any case, the Student Perceptions Questionnaires (SPQ) are a very promising way to collect student's feedback on their teachers' activities in the classroom and to provide teachers with useful feedback for their development (R€ ohl et al, 2021). Issues of validity and reliability cannot be ignored when interpreting the results (Bijlsma, 2021). The same can be said for the "halo effects" of "community"or perceived teacher warmth-and/or student interest in the subject .…”