The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) publication "Standards for Quality Online Teaching" (ED494117) outlines 11 standards states can use to guide academic preparation, content knowledge, online skills and delivery, and other elements of quality online teaching. As a companion report, this publication examines the essential components of…

Using a short form of the Student Assessment of Teaching and Learning (C. Ellett, J. Ruggutt, and D. Davis, 1999) and the Personal Learning Efficacy Measure (C. Ellett, J. Ruggutt, and D. Davis) in addition to a course evaluation form, this study investigated relationships between the college classroom environment variables of involvement,…

This document presents the purpose, scope, timeline, and steps involved in the academic program review process and the format of the Program Review Report at San Antonio College (Texas). Academic review examines the qualitative and quantitative elements of instructional programs. The review process assists in determining the continuing validity of…

Describes an audiotutorial program in Biological Science offered to non-science majors at Western Michigan University and reports the results of an evaluative investigation relating to this program. (JR)

Practical guidelines for implementing course evaluation systems are suggested. A model to conceptualize course evaluations in the context of the professor's decision-making framework is developed with focus centering upon the allocation of time between teaching and research. Costs and benefits associated with collecting evaluations are considered.…

Studied effectiveness of teaching conservation of chemical identity, composition, and mass to 12 boys and 11 girls of ages ranging from 11.11 to 12.10, using techniques analogous to Piaget's. Indicated the necessity of course re-examination to facilitate attainment of conservation concepts. (CC)

A survey of student evaluations of teaching covering sixteen colleges and universities revealed that sociologists are rated well below average as teachers, compared with their colleagues in other disciplines. (Author)

Evaluates the individually prescribed instruction of a control engineering course on the basis of student responses and achievement data. Concludes that this approach is preferable to the classroom lecture, with video tapes described as an effective and useful aid. (CC)

Discusses the characteristics of the course Introduction to Engineering'' taught at Berkeley High School each spring semester since 1967. Indicates that engineer participation in class as resource people is beneficial to the delivery of technical materials. (CC)

The Junior College Journalism Association's certification'' procedure is an evaluative device that facilitates the transfer process by indicating which community college journalism courses meet certain standards. (RN)

A two-hundred slide and tape project covering intellectual change, carried out by tenth grade students, requires some advance discussion and questioning by the teacher to strengthen students' frames of reference. (JB)