Research finds fair classroom practices disarm threat of evaluation retaliation

(Washington State University) While tuition inflation presents a challenge for many college-bound students, an area of growing concern for many universities is 'grade inflation' -- in part caused when instructors grade more leniently to discourage students from retaliating by giving low teaching evaluations. Washington State University researchers say instructors can stop worrying about evaluation revenge as long as they use practices in the classroom that students perceive as fair.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news