Student Evaluation of Teaching - Tutor (SET-Tutor)
About the Survey
As an outcome from the recommendations emerging from the Report from the Working Party to Review Instruments Used to Assess the Student Experience (2007), the a single, combined instrument to gather feedback from students about their experiences.
The Scales and Items
The Student Evaluation of Teaching – Tutor questionnaire has two constituent parts:
- Seven items on a five-point Likert scale, rated “Strongly Agree” to “Strongly Disagree,” gathering student feedback on the quality of teaching, and
A single item with a five-point Likert scale for an overall rating of the teacher
- Two open-ended questions eliciting feedback on positive and improvement aspects of the teaching
Administration of the SET –Tutor
Orders for questionnaires are placed on ESU by the tutor being evaluated.
You need to place a separate order for each class group. For example, if you tutor three groups in the same course you need to place three separate orders.
Orders can be made at any time. Please allow at least 6 working days before the survey is due to be conducted.
You will receive a master copy of each survey you order, a reply paid envelope for the return of completed surveys, and instructions for the preparation and administration (PDF; 56KB) of the survey. Staff are responsible for the photocopying of surveys for distribution to students.
The data collected by the Evaluation Services Unit may be aggregated and de-identified for institutional research and reporting purposes.
You can place an order by completing the online order form.
As an alternative you can download an MS Word (54KB) or a PDF (44KB) version and complete it offline.
Send the completed order form to us by any of the following methods:
Mail: Evaluations Officer, TEDI, University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld 4072
Fax: 07 3365 1966
Email:
The SET-Tutor Reports
Reports are generated for individual tutors at the questionnaire item level and present mean score, the number of respondents N, and the standard deviation. Two further metrics are included; Percentage Agreement and Rating Interpretation Guides (RIGs).
Further information on the Percentage Agreement and RIGs metrics is available here.
Click here (PDF; 46KB) to view a sample individual report.
Data for all course tutoring staff are aggregated at the item level and presented as percentage agreement. This report is made available for the Course Coordinator.
Open-ended comments
The reverse side of every SET-Tutor gives students the opportunity to write open-ended comments in response to the following questions:
- What are this staff member’s strengths in teaching?
- What improvements would you suggest?
The comments are not analysed by TEDI but are returned, in their raw form, to the lecturer or tutor who was evaluated to assist in identifying strengths and potential improvements.
Size of sample
In order that the data collected has a certain measure of validity and reliability, absolute and minimum lower limits apply to sample size.
If your class has less than 6 people in it, you will not be able to use the standard Student Evaluation instruments such as SETC. If you still wish to gather formative feedback, you might consider using the open response (PDF; 73KB) instrument instead.
If the number of completed questionnaires is less than 6 the numerical analysis is not undertaken. Completed questionnaires are however returned after student results are posted so that open-ended comments can be viewed.
