An Extended Visit with Dr. Fox: Validity of Student Satisfaction with Instruction Ratings after Repeated Exposures To A Lecturer

Abstract

Equivalent groups viewed two lectures varying in substantive teaching points covered (high, medium, low) and expressiveness of the presentation (high, low). Students rated lecture effectiveness after each lecture and completed an achievement test after the two lectures. Higher achievement was associated with high content coverage and high expressiveness. Students gave higher ratings to expressive lectures. Student satisfaction ratings reflected real differences in content coverage and student achievement with low expressive presentations. Ratings were not sensitive to content coverage and student achievement when lectures were high expressive. Sensitivity of ratings to content coverage and student achievement did not improve for the second lecture.