Student evaluation of instruction. A comparison of medicine and engineering.
The study examines the structure of student satisfaction with instruction. Two professional schools are compared: medicine and engineering. Also the relationship between student ratings and their performance, as perceived by themselves, is explored. Medical students are significantly more satisfied with their courses than engineering students. A positive correlation exists between student satisfaction and student self-evaluation in the School of Engineering. In the Medical School, no relationship is found between satisfaction and perceived performance.
D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004738:Engineering; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching