Susan,

Thanks very much for your kind reply.  I may take you up on your offer.

No one responding thus far has indicated that they use the kind of
demographic data we were wondering about.

Regards,

Don Mayer


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marsnik, Susan J." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Student Evaluations - Demographic Data


> Don --
>
> We are currently conducting a comprehensive re-evaluation of our "Student
> Evaluation of Teaching Form," as well as both formative an summative
> evaluations of faculty.  This will include peer evaluation of teaching.  I
> am on the Teaching Evaluation Committee and have loads of materials from
our
> discussions.  I am willing to share what I have with you.
>
> At this point, we are not considering the demographics you mention.  We
are
> discussing the possibility of including questions concerning whether the
> student is a Freshman, Sophomore, etc., whether the course is required,
and
> the student's overall grade point average.
>
> Feel free to give me a call and I'll provide more specifics of what we
have
> been considering.
>
> Susan
>
> > Susan J. Marsnik
> > Assistant Professor
> > Department of Legal Studies in Business
> > University of St. Thomas
> > MCN 6024  2115 Summit Avenue
> > St. Paul, MN  55105-1096
> > [log in to unmask]
>         651-962-5116
> >
> >
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Mayer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Student Evaluations - Demographic Data
>
>
> We are (finally) re-evaluating our form for student evaluation of faculty
> teaching.  A couple of questions:
>
> 1.    Are you at a school where the faculty is generally pleased with the
> form that is in use? If so,
>
> 2.    What kinds of "demographic" questions has your school found useful?
> E.g., does it provide you with useful data to ask about (a) gender, (b)
age,
> (c) race or ethnicity, (d) other?  And has it been statistically useful to
> ask about grade point average, whether the course is required, and what
the
> student's grade expectations are?
>
> 3.    Has there been a deliberate effort to increase the amount and
quality
> of student comments on evaluation forms (and has it worked)?  (We've
noticed
> here that the comments have been declining in number and length in the
past
> ten years.)
>
> I would also like to hear from anyone whose institution consistently uses
> other means of evaluating teaching effectiveness in a way that the faculty
> finds satisfactory.
>
> Please respond to ALSB talk or send an email to me at [log in to unmask]
I
> will share all responses.  Many thanks.
>
> Don Mayer
> Oakland University