An analysis of the data regarding the feedback collected can be examined. Or the same students can be asked to give the feedback under both the options.
Dear Jagadeesh,
When we were young and stupid we thought that we knew it all and did not necessarily appreciate our teachers. However, there are cultural differences in what students say and write about their teachers and a student does not want his/her critics to affect his/her performance evaluation. They dare to be harder when they do not have to show their faces but years later on they start to really appreciate their teachers according to my experience.
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Thank you Professor. I too have come across situations where in the students after several years of graduating, coming back and telling how wrong they were in their assessment. But my question is, why this discrepancy when the method is the same except for revealing the identity or not. I would say that the factor of anonymity makes the person believe that he or she is safe no matter what they say and unfortunately, at least in my opinion, leads to being not clear about the assessment.
You are both right I believe. There is always the question of how considered and disciplined their answers are, and anonymity promotes the sort of instant reactive feedback used in social media
Depending on when you ask for the evaluation (e.g., before you grade them) it might simply be that students try to flatter you and hope for better grades in return. They also might assume that they will depend on you in the future and try to influence you via their evaluations.
Yes - I agree with what Christina and the others have said. Anonymity feels safer. A primary benefit of completing a college degree is gaining support, references, and potential networking opportunities from the faculty teaching your classes. If the course evaluation is not anonymous, it is wise for a student to write an evaluation of the faculty member that is positive.
When surveys are anonymised, it takes away the fear of persecution and repercussion from participants and gives them the boldness to express their views and feelings freely. This amy not always be the case though.
It also depends on the timing of the survey/feedback which might be influenced by other factors such as how the participants were feeling at the time, did they have enough time to think over their answers. It might be helpful to have a system where you can leave your answers and come back to them later to review them before submission. This is just my view.
The responses differ because when students reveal their identities, they know that they have to be accountable for their comments. The faculty can always seek a clarification from them. On the other hand, when the feedback is anonymous, students cannot be held accountable. While most students are responsible and provide accurate feedback, some use it as a way to vent their ire against the faculty.
Sometimes there are as well "modern fashioned" and / or collective attitudes regarding a special subject or a special person. When this is negativ so students will reveal it only anonymously.
This is most likely due to low level of trust between the teaching community and the students. If teachers can ensure a transparent system based on mutual trust and confidence among the two groups involved, such a difference should not be there.
I find that there are three main factors that influence students evaluation of instructors:
1. Age. the older they are, the more likelier they are to be critical in their evaluations particularly in african cultures
2. Fee-paying versus non-fee paying. Students who bear full cost of tuition and other fees tend to approach the evaluation process from a 'customer oriented standpoint' and those in public universities or on university based scholarships tend to evaluate from a 'subordinate oriented standpoint'
3. relative anonymity where anonymity is more assured responses are more likely to be more critical. there are known cases of lecturers 'dealing with' entire classes for giving them low ratings. so at a certain level even individual anonymity of the student may not be enough
Dear Jagadeesh,
Dear All,
The answer is simple, opinions with the personnel identification demand responsibility and means that these opinions should be trustworthy and objective. Open opinions can somehow screen subjective and often unreliable feelings. The trouble is that powerful people can act against open opinions. Regarding my experience with students’ anonymous feedbacks is distressing: they judge almost explicitly according to their subjective interests, the mark they got in exams. I often observed vulgar and obscene expressions and the highest degree of partiality.
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