# Does student feedback on teaching actually matter? A professor asks

A Nature essay by an academic asks whether students' opinions of their teaching should carry weight, questioning how much student evaluations reflect real teaching quality. The piece weighs the tension between student satisfaction and deeper learning, and asks whether dismissing student feedback is a mistake.

**Importance:** 2/5

## Sources

### Science
- [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02202-3) — 2026-10-28