title: Student rating as an effective tool for teacher evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effectiveness of students' rating as a teacher evaluation tool.
  
  
  METHODS
  Concurrent mixed method.
  
  
  METHODS
  King Edward Medical University, Lahore, from January to June 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anonymous 5-point Likert scale survey questionnaire was conducted involving a single class consisting of 310 students and 12 students were selected for structured interview based on non-probability purposive sampling. Informed consent was procured. They were required to rate 6 teachers and were supposed to discuss teachers' performance in detail. Quantitative data collected through survey was analyzed using SPSS 15 and qualitative data was analyzed with the help of content analysis by identifying themes and patterns from thick descriptions. This student feedback would show the effectiveness in terms of its feasibility and as an indicator of teaching attributes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Descriptive statistics of quantitative data obtained from survey was used to calculate mean and standard deviation for all teachers' individually. This showed the average direction of the student ratings. Percentages of the responses calculated of teacher A were 85.96%, teacher B 65.53, teacher C 65.20%, teacher D 69.62%, teacher E 65.32% and teacher F 64.24% in terms of overall effectiveness of their teaching. Structured interviews generated qualitative data which validated the students' views about strengths and weaknesses of teachers, and helped to determine the effectiveness of their rating and feedback.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This simple rating system clearly showed its importance and hence can be used in institutions as a regular evaluating method of teaching faculty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan. nadeemaslam@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Nadeem
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Aslam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult