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Student Learning Experience as Indicator of Teaching Quality
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Zerihun, Zenawi; Beishuizen, Jos; Van Os, Willem – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2012
The purpose of the study was to develop an improved teaching evaluation questionnaire based on students' learning experiences and selected teacher characteristics identified as indicators of teaching quality. Teaching evaluation questionnaires are commonly designed either based on agreed indicators of teaching excellence, students' suggestions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness
The Importance of Course Design, Feedback, and Facilitation: Student Perceptions of the Relationship between Teaching Presence and Cognitive Presence
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Hosler, Kim A.; Arend, Bridget D. – Educational Media International, 2012
The Community of Inquiry framework has become a useful instrument for exploring learning in online classes; however, the interactions between the constructs of teaching presence and cognitive presence remain relatively unexplored. This study investigated student perceptions of cognitive presence as explained by three teaching presence elements;…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Feedback (Response), Critical Thinking
What Is Good Testing? Perceptions of College Students.
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Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt – College Teaching, 1993
A study of 15 Messiah College (Pennsylvania) courses that students rated exemplary for testing looked at external and internal characteristics that distinguished them. External characteristics included class size, grading patterns, course type, and teacher experience. Internal factors included teaching and evaluation strategies. Lack of peer…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Competition, Course Organization
Testing Systems and Personality in an Introductory Psychology Course.
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Moritsugu, John N.; And Others – 1979
The influence of student personality on the effects of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) was examined. Three testing systems (midterm and final exams; bimonthly tests; and PSI) were examined along with three personality dimensions (internal-external locus of control, need for achievement, and need for autonomy). There were no…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Course Organization, Evaluation Methods
Course Evaluations: What Are Social Work Students Telling Us About Teaching Effectiveness?
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Jirovec, Ronald L.; Ramanathan, Chathapuram S.; Alvarez, Ann Rosegrant – Journal of Social Work Education, 1998
Study investigated the association between university social-work students' ratings of teaching ability and several course, student, and instructor variables. Analysis of over 5,000 standard evaluation forms indicated strong positive relationships between ratings of teaching effectiveness and ratings of skills, as reflected by course organization,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Course Evaluation, Course Organization
Alumni Ratings as an Indicator of Departmental Quality.
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Wise, Steven L.; And Others – 1980
The usefulness of alumni ratings in assessing departmental quality was investigated at the University of Illinois by a survey one year after graduation, in 1977. Groups of 4,573 enrolled students and one year later, 1,228 alumni from 22 departments responded to 11 satisfaction items concerning instructional, curricular, advising, and functional…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Guidance, College Students, Cost Effectiveness