Review of The student looks at his teacher

Abstract

Reviews the book, "The student looks at his teacher," by John W. Riley, Bryce F. Ryan, and Marcia Lifshitz (see record 1951-07701-000 ). This is a report of a single, but extensive, study made at Brooklyn College by the Sociology Department at Rutgers. Of the regularly enrolled Brooklyn College day students, 6,681 out of a possible 8,000 answered on one day an extensive questionnaire and deposited the results in a box anonymously. The book analyzes the returns. The authors make a telling case a priori for the study of evaluation of teaching through student opinion. The report will be valuable to anyone interested in the evaluation of teaching but it is disappointing in that the study was made almost without statistical analysis. The style of the book is reminiscent of federal agency reports, with the frequent use of such terms as "implement" to avoid being too precise. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)