Investigating the students’ point of view and willingness regarding educational evaluation methods

Educational evaluations are seen as the main part of educational planning process, through which either learners are differentiated from each other and or instructors are helped to evaluate their performance. This study was aimed to investigate the students’ point of views in Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan regarding evaluation methods. It was done using survey method which included all the university students studying in bachelor and master science grade during 1393-94 as the study population (N=2200). A sample of 322 persons was selected using Krejcie and Morgan’s sample size table in a simple random sampling manner. To gather the needed data, investigators developed a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by a panel of agricultural extension and education faculty members of the university. Its reliability, also, was examined by calculating alpha Cronbach’s coefficient. Data analysis was performed using SPSS. Results showed that respondents are more interested in multi-choice questions rather than other evaluation methods, and less in oral exams. There were also significant relationships between respondents’ gender and willingness of them to use descriptive multi-choice items and their mean score and willingness to use oral exam, respectively at 0.01 and 0.05 levels of significance. Finally, the study concluded by respecting the students’ views in selecting the evaluation methods by instructors of classes.