Dennis Koyama
Sophia University
Dennis Koyama (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, Japan. He is an educational researcher and statistician whose research interests include educational psychology, critical thinking, collaborative learning (with a special focus on issues related to learners’ use of resources in complex task conditions), and professional development.
Sessions
A Synthesis of Student Evaluations of Teaching
Student evaluations of teaching (SET) have become a fundamental component of evaluating faculty effectiveness in higher education. Recent initiatives by MEXT have put pressure on universities to publicly display student evaluations of teaching. This presentation explains evaluation questions and explores the connection between SET scores and student perceptions of learning by sharing research findings on known biases like student motivation, class size, gender, and background knowledge.