Evaluating the effectiveness of faculty teachers’ performance at Birzeit University as perceived by students

Abstract The current study investigated the effectiveness of teaching performance in seven faculties at Birzeit University from students’ point of view. A questionnaire, consisting of (50) items based on the domains of teaching planning, teaching execution, personal features and communications skills and evaluating students' learning, was developed and distributed to (405) male and female students. The findings of the study showed that the level of effectiveness of the teaching performance was considered average (62.4%—67.8%) according to the adopted scoring criteria. Results also revealed that there were significant statistical differences at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) attributed to gender in favor of females; significant statistical differences at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) were recognized between humanities and scientific faculties in favor of humanities faculties, while there were no significant statistical differences between the various humanities faculties.