Temporal stability of the students scale used for academic staff evaluation

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Abstract

Student evaluation of academic staff is one of the most common practices for evaluating academic staff performance. This study aimed to investigate the temporal stability of a student evaluation scale administered by College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University. A 26-item student evaluation scale designed by the Saudi National Commission of Assessment and Academic Accreditation was used. Thirteen students participated in this study. They responded to the student evaluation scale during the course on four separate occasions in addition to a fifth response to the electronic version of the scale at the end of the semester. The statistical difference between the mean ratings of the item from responses one to five was not significant; this was applicable to the 26 items of the scale. Results also showed that the test-retest reliability of the studied student evaluation scale is markedly high. The Cronbach's α of the scale was higher than 0.8 in the five responses. It was concluded that the studied student evaluation scale has temporal stability and is highly reliable. Study recommended that the best time of this scale administration is one to two weeks after the midterm exam.

 Key words: student evaluation of academic staff- scales reliability- guidelines of student scale administration.