Formative and Summative Evaluation: Parody or Paradox?.

Centra, John A.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Formative and Summative Evaluation: Parody or Paradox?

Centra, John A.

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, (Techniques for Evaluating and Improving Instruction) n31 p47-55 Fall 1987

Six evaluation methods are discussed: student ratings, colleague evaluations, definitions of good teaching, teacher-designed examinations, evaluation of research and scholarship, and the politics of evaluation. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Politics, Research, Scholarship, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Summative Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Styles

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