ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Aghamirzaee   T. (1 )
Salehi Omran   E. (* )
Rahimpour Kami   B. (2 )






(* ) Education Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran
(1 ) Department of Management, Faculty of IT, Mazandaran Science & Technology University, Babol, Iran
(2 ) Computer Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mazandaran Science & Technology University, Babol, Iran

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Article History

Received:   February  9, 2013
Accepted:   September 22, 2013
ePublished:   March 17, 2014

ABSTRACT

Aims The professors are considered as one of the main pillars of the universities and their performance has a main role in efficiency of the total education system. The aim of this study was to investigate the affective context factors on the method of evaluation of the professors by students.
Materials & Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted among 12339 students of MUST in the second semester of the 2011-12 academic year. The total GPA of the students was used as the index of determining the academic performance of a student. Data of this study were analyzed, using SPSS 17 software and one-way variance analysis, post hoc Tukey, Pearson correlation and independent T tests.
Findings There was a significant difference in the average evaluation score of the professors according to the educational performance status, sex and class of the students, marital status, teaching experience and rating of a professor and also, type of a course and its presentation time. Scientific-educational ability and social behavior of the professors in the classroom had a significant and positive relationship on the confidence level 100% (p=0.0001).
Conclusion The components of the educational performance of a student, student’s and professor’s sex, student’s educational course, kind of lesson, scientific- educational ability of a professor, scientific rating, teaching experience, presentation time of a lesson and professors’ marital status are effective on professor evaluation by a student, but the employment status of a professor has no relation with this evaluation.

Keywords: Students, Evaluation, Faculty, Performance,

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