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Asked undergraduates in 10 1st-year courses to rate their instructors. The mean ratings for each class were correlated with the mean class mark on final, common, board-marked examinations. The mean correlation was +.39, and correlations were both positive and higher than +.32 in all but 2 of the courses. Correlations were higher for experienced full-time faculty members and lowest for inexperienced part-time instructors. Academically successful and highly evaluated instructors were both "task-oriented" and interest-arousing. Unsuccessful but highly evaluated instructors attempted to arouse interest without being task-oriented. However, electing to take subsequent courses in the subject and the level of achievement in these courses was more highly related to S's level of achievement in the 1st course than to evaluation of instructor. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)