| Description |
x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Evaluation principles -- 2. Questionnaire design -- 3. Questionnaires -- 4. Item bank -- 5. Collecting and processing questionnaire data -- 6. Collection of qualitative data -- 7. Analysis of qualitative data -- 8. Observation -- 9. Use of assessment for evaluation -- 10. Using evaluation data for the scholarship of teaching -- 11. International perspectives on teaching evaluation -- 12. Institutional use of teaching evaluation data -- 13. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Every semester, colleges and universities ask students to complete innumerable course and teaching evaluation questionnaires to evaluate the learning and teaching in courses they have taken. For many universities it is a requirement that all courses be evaluated every semester. The laudable rationale is that the feedback provided will enable instructors to improve their teaching and the curriculum, thus enhancing the quality of student learning. In spite of this there is little evidence that it does improve the quality of teaching and learning. Ratings only improve if the instruments and the presentation of results are sufficiently diagnostic to identify potential improvements and there is effective counseling. Evaluating Teaching and Learning explains how evaluation can be more effective in enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and introduces broader and more diverse forms of evaluation. This guide explains how to develop questionnaires and protocols which are valid, reliable and diagnostic. It also contains proven instruments that have undergone appropriate testing procedures, together with a substantial item bank. The book looks at the specific national frameworks for the evaluation of teaching in use in the USA, UK and Australia. --Publisher description |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-171) and index |
| Subject |
College teaching -- Evaluation.
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Effective teaching -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Ginns, Paul.
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| LC no. |
2011028579 |
| ISBN |
9780415598842 hardback |
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0415598842 hardback |
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9780415598859 paperback |
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0415598850 paperback |
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