A Survey of Students and Academic Members' Views about Marters Evaluation Regarding the Quality of Teaching

Arboni F¹, Nourian A¹, Bakhshodeh H²

Corresponding Author: Arboni F, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

Email: arbooni@hotmail.com

Background and Objective: The goal of evaluation is to promote and correct the teaching methods and activities of academic members. The results of evaluation as feedback for teachers to learn their strengths and weaknesses are necessary. Thus, we conducted this study

 to understand the impact of assessment on the improvement of teaching medical students and professors

Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. We used opinions of 276 students and 123 faculty members for this research. Data collection instrument consisted of a questionnaire with demographic questions and 25 phrases based on the goals of study. Grading was based on Likert Scale. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics.

Results: Majority of samples were medical students and academic members. The results showed that teachers (50%) and students (39%) agreed on the evaluation of the performance of professors. There was a significant difference between the five dimensions among students and faculty members (p=0.05).

Conclusion: The findings confirm the view that teachers and students evaluation largely improves teaching in various aspects. Evaluation can be used as a criterion for professional growth and advancement of teaching and learning process the evaluation.

Keywords: Evaluation, Students, Teachers, Quality of education