This paper investigates the student characteristics that underlie high and low ratings of different aspects of an undergraduate course in educational psychology. Four hundred sixty students were given a number of inventories, scales, and surveys and a 22-item rating instrument covering course content, methods of instruction, and instructor.…

This report is the last in a four-part series of Strategies for Change. It offers examples for comparing the effectiveness of different instructional systems and of instructional evaluation in general. The first evaluation, on remedial English procedures, compares the effectiveness of instruction in English 1A freshman composition in terms of…

The conceptual framework for a humanities program presented in this dissertation was arrived at through a literature review, which yielded many alternative recommendations, and a mail questionnaire. The replies of 117 individuals resulted in the establishment of the following priorities: (1) the humanities are defined as specific objectives to be…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document describes the approach to course evaluation taken during the third phase of the development project. A distinction…

A system of evaluation should be an essential part in the planning of each phase of curriculum development. The evaluation of the curriculum impact on the students can only be measured by comparing the students' status just before beginning the curriculum with their status at the conclusion of their studies. If little or no change in status is…

Four appendixes are presented for the evaluation of experiences with the use within Head Start of the "Healthy, That's Me" program. Appendix A deals with methodology for the use of telephone interviewing, including data on associated costs. Appendix B presents letters to respondents selected for telephone interviews and samples of…

An evaluation of the educational effectiveness of video-tape courses is presented. (Author)

There are multiple arguments for and against the policy of students judging the effectiveness of university teaching. The advantages of evaluative procedures are qualified by the susceptibility of data to misinterpretation. By representing support through rewards, student evaluation of instruction could be made amenable to every faculty. (Author)

This study examined the relationship between class level and ratings by class of instructors, courses and examinations. Three separate one-way ANOVA's were computed for the three variables by class level on 11,655 cases. Significant results were reported for each procedure. (Author)

A method of evaluating an education course by discussion with students and teachers and administering specially designed questionnaires is described. (JD)

The authors describe a nursing education course they developed at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, approved and cross-listed by the Office of Women's Studies, to explore the relationship between nursing and feminism. Course content, implementation, and evaluation are detailed. Positive response insured its continuation in both…

In this study of teacher/course evaluations by college students, the authors found that different stated purposes for the evaluation (student use, instructor use, or administrator use) had no differing effects on student ratings. Graduate teaching assistants received higher ratings than did either assistants or full professors. (MJB)

Undergraduate students participated in a study to measure the effect of variables influencing teacher rating. Overall, students rated their instructors more positively when they believed evaluation was sponsored by the faculty rather than a student group. (Author/DEP)

A continuing education program implemented at the University of Illinois in Chicago is described. The goals of the program were: to provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to continuing education; to emphasize the role of participants in curriculum development; and to use learning strategies that maximize clinical participation. (MLW)

A procedure derived from classical test theory analyzes course grades and report results to assess third-year clerkships at a midwestern medical school. The procedure is sensitive to a large range of characteristics of the courses and is a promising supplement to student course evaluations in studying curriculum change. (SLD)