Higher Education Students Perceive Teachers as Highly Effective: Study Reveals

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A recent study conducted at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico, has shed light on higher education students' perceptions of their teachers' performance. The research, which analyzed responses from 1,422 students, discovered that students perceived their teachers as highly effective, with a two-factor model explaining 68% of the observed variance. The study also found significant differences in perceptions based on sex, age, type of degree, and academic stage.

Key Takeaways:

  • The study analyzed responses from 1,422 students from a higher education institution in northwestern Mexico who completed the EEDDocente 2023-1.
  • The two-factor model, which explains 68% of the observed variance, suggests that students perceived their teachers as highly effective.
  • Significant differences were found in perceptions based on sex, age, type of degree, and academic stage, with a p-value of p < 0.001.
  • The original three-factor model was reconfigured into a two-factor solution, indicating that students perceived their teachers as highly effective in both factors.
  • The study used the EEDDocente 2023-1 instrument, which was developed to measure higher education students' perceptions of their teachers' performance.
  • The research was conducted by Patricio Sebastian Henriquez Ritchie and co-authors Juan Carlos Perez-Moran, Carlos Javier del Cid Garcia, and Brenda Boroel Cervantes at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico.

Statistics:

  • 1,422 students participated in the study, analyzing responses from a higher education institution in northwestern Mexico.
  • The two-factor model explains 68% of the observed variance, indicating a strong correlation between students' perceptions and teachers' performance.
  • A p-value of p < 0.001 was found, indicating significant differences in perceptions based on sex, age, type of degree, and academic stage.
  • The EEDDocente 2023-1 instrument was used to measure higher education students' perceptions of their teachers' performance.

Sources:

  • Frontiers in Education. (2025). Evaluation of teaching performance by university students of social and administrative sciences: A comparative study. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1629540
  • NewsRx. (2025, October 22). Study Findings on Education Reported by Researchers at Autonomous University of Baja California. Education Letter, 759.