Using data that identify the respondents to Student Evaluation of Teaching, the author finds that respondents and nonrespondents are different, along several characteristics. Students respond more if they are first-term freshmen, or if the course is a major requirement. Men, students with light...

In dieser Studie werden 128 Fälle betrachtet, in denen dieselben Studenten eine Vorlesung zu zwei verschiedenen Zeitpunkten evaluiert haben. Die Besonderheit dabei ist, dass ausschließlich Fälle berücksichtigt werden, in denen die zum Zeitpunkt der Evaluation erwartete oder bereits erhaltene...

This article, which suggests the use of French proverbs as an effective tool for teaching finance to French-speaking students, aligns 35 financial concepts and 7 general teaching concepts with one or more French proverbs. French proverbs allow students to link new information with previous...

Education courses now involve homework assignments that require technology skill as well as domain knowledge. Yet there is little pedagogical and technological support for teaching “What” (statistical mean) while simultaneously teaching “How” (use the =average (Range) function in Excel)....

This paper suggests the use of Russian proverbs related to money to engage Russian-speaking students in the business classroom. Russian proverbs enhance teaching by appealing to Russian students' cultural background, by presenting ideas in a concise and memorable way, and by creating a...

Student evaluations are used for administrative purposes across U.S. colleges and universities. Starting with the hiring a faculty member to promotion and tenure, to annual evaluations and post-tenure evaluations, student evaluations of faculty play a major role, not only at quot;teaching...

Information provided at the moment a person makes a decision can influence behavior in predictable ways. The United Kingdom's Behavioural Insights Team have used this idea to help improve the insulation of lofts, collect taxes, and even reduce litter. The authors of this article developed...

The relationship between student online activity (including access to specific course materials) and student performance is examined in a traditional face-to-face introductory finance course supported with a class web site. Six measures are used: total hits, hit consistency, number of unique...

As shown by Tversky and Kahneman (1991), framing an outcome as a loss causes individuals to expend extra effort to avoid that outcome. Since classroom performance is a function of student effort in search of a higher grade, we seek to use loss aversion to encourage student effort. This field...