Abstract
The validity of the Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) used in the College of Education, University of Kentucky was studied using 3573 individual student evaluations from 254 graduate and undergraduate classes taught by 126 instructors in one semester in the College of Education. As a result of principal axis factor analysis with varimax rotation performed on the 17 item 5-point Likert Scale variables of the 22 item questionnaire, three factors were identified. The first factor was considered to be a measure of method and style of teaching. The second factor was made up of items relating to a student's perception of self as it relates to the course. The third factor had high loading on items concerning materials and resources. It was concluded that the SET instrument was somewhat useful in evaluating teaching because items associated with teaching emerged as the primary distinct factor.
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