Teacher Ratings

[Pseudolus]

http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/05/08/rateprof

‘Hotness’ and Quality

At least if you’re a professor concerned about your rating on RateMyProfessors.com. James Felton, a professor of finance and law at Central Michigan University, and colleagues looked at ratings for nearly 7,000 faculty members from 370 institutions in the United States and Canada, and his verdict is: the hotter and easier professors are, the more likely they’ll get rated as a good teacher.Well, assuming the same dynamic works in a highschool setting, I've got the one thing working for me, but the other working against me. Guess it's a wash.

[Saint Kepler]

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/

Well, assuming the same dynamic works in a highschool setting, I've got the one thing working for me, but the other working against me. Guess it's a wash.

You really should be a tougher grader. It is for their own good.

[MountainHawk]

You should have more respect for yourself. Being a grade slut isn't good for the self esteem. ;-)

[MountainHawk]

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/

Well, assuming the same dynamic works in a highschool setting, I've got the one thing working for me, but the other working against me. Guess it's a wash.
btw ... your link is bad

[Pseudolus]

Still works for me. <shrug> Have you tried flushing your cache, dumping your cookies, rebooting your computer, and brushing your teeth while standing on one foot and thinking about ladybugs?

Edit: Doh! Not broken, just the wrong one, dummy. Thanks - will fix.

[MountainHawk]

It links me to a 1999 interview with Gore.

[Alex_OSU]

Ratemyprofessors is useful to an extent. You can usually tell by the way the rating is written whether the rater is an idiot or not. On average, the easier teachers may get better ratings, but I don't think it's a universal truth. I read the actual reviews and ignore complaints that a professor is "too hard." I can handle hard, but I don't like profs who blatantly don't care about the class. Otherwise, they almost all do a good job.

[Travis]

Ratemyprofessors is useful to an extent. You can usually tell by the way the rating is written whether the rater is an idiot or not. On average, the easier teachers may get better ratings, but I don't think it's a universal truth. I read the actual reviews and ignore complaints that a professor is "too hard." I can handle hard, but I don't like profs who blatantly don't care about the class. Otherwise, they almost all do a good job.

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