THE EFFECT OF GRADE ON COLLEGE STUDENTS' EVALUATION OF THE TEACHER

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of grading leniency on students evaluations For his purpose 144 freshman students responded to CEQ to evaluate instructor s teaching behaviors Then students were andomly assigned to one of the two different experimentally constructed exams The student, in the 1 first group received an easy exam and were graded leniently On the other hand the second group had hard questions and were graded strictly Following experimental treatment students reevaluated their instrutors Repeated measures ANOVA was used to determine whether students evaluations changed based on how leniently they were graded or not According to the findings students gave lower evaluations points for good teaching generic skills and evaluations subscalcs of CEQ after the treatment Also students in strictly graded groups reported lower levels of course satisfaction and thought their instructors evaluations methods were unfair