Abstract
This study aims at investigating the effect of response rate and class size interaction on students' evaluation of instructors and the courses offered at heath science colleges in Saudi Arabia. A retrospective study design was adapted to ascertain Course Evaluation Surveys (CES) conducted at the health science colleges of the University of Dammam [UOD] in the academic year 2013-2014. Accordingly, the CES data which was downloaded from an exclusive online application 'UDQUEST' which includes 337 different courses and 15,264 surveys were utilized in this study. Two-way analysis of variance was utilized to test whether there is any significant interaction between the class size and the response rate on the students' evaluation of courses and instructors. The study showed that high response rate is required for student evaluation of instructors at Health Science colleges when the class size is small whereas a medium response rate is required for students' evaluation of courses. On the other hand, when the class size is medium, a medium or high response rate is needed for students' evaluation of both instructors and courses. The results of this study recommend that the administrators of the health science colleges to be aware of the interpretation of students' evaluations of courses and instructors. The study also suggests that the interaction between response rate and class size is a very important factor that needs to be taken into consideration while interpreting the findings of the students' evaluation of instructors and courses.
Highlights
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of Quality in the delivery of teaching and learning process due to the increasing number of students entering the educational system
The study showed that high response rate is required for student evaluation of instructors at Health Science colleges when the class size is small whereas a medium response rate is required for students’ evaluation of courses
Since the main purpose of this study is to explore the effect of interaction between response rate and class size on students’ evaluation of instructors and courses, the descriptive statistics of two independent variables (Response rate and class size) with respect to the dependent variable i.e. mean score of two sub-scale were carried out using SPSS version 19
Summary
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of Quality in the delivery of teaching and learning process due to the increasing number of students entering the educational system. Teaching in higher education institution involves interaction with students; a huge emphasis has been given to student evaluations, ratings, feedback, and performance. [4] the students’ evaluation of teaching and learning effectiveness in HEIs has gained a tremendous attention in the field of psychology, quality control and assurance in the last few decades, [5] and it has been very commonly used in almost every university in the world. Educational literature has emphasized the student rating of teaching effectiveness because such evaluations have contributed to improve the quality of educational process especially if the proper reliability coefficients are used to assess the psychometric properties of the instruments. From the strategic point of view, it is essential for the university administrators of HEIs to understand how these factors are influencing the outcome of evaluations
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