Evaluation of Lecturer Performance Depending on Student Perception in Higher Education

Abstract

This study aimed to find out students’ perceptions on the performance level of the lecturers in-class activities and whether the performance level of lecturers had changed in terms of faculties, institutes and colleges. Data were collected from a sample of 3089 students by means of the questionnaire developed by the author. Alpha reliability of the scale was found to be .92. As a result of analyzes, the students who attended teacher training classes perceived the performance of the lecturers higher than the students who did not attended teacher training classes. When the findings were analyzed we found out that students taking pedagogical classes perceive the performances of the lecturers p<.05 higher than the students of other departments at meaningfulness level.