Student Characteristics Associated with Student Perceptions of College Instruction.

Using data obtained from 51 male and 133 female undergraduates enrolled in six classes in educational psychology, the authors obtained evidence supporting the existence of slight sex differences in descriptions or appraisals of instruction and also suggesting a relationship between the overall past achievement of the males and their perceptions of the quality of classroom interpersonal relations. No relationships were found between students' life histories and their perceptions of instruction or between their level of creativity and perceptions of instruction. These results support some previous studies cited and do not support others, also cited. This study lends some support to those who question the internal validity of the claim that differences in students' perceptions of instruction necessarily reflect differences in the effectiveness of instruction. (Author)