Because many recent articles on higher education have depicted the faculty member who publishes and works to obtain government support for his research as a poor instructor, it was decided to investigate the relationships between publication, success in obtaining government awards, and teaching effectiveness. Three groups of data were used. One…

A class of 119 sophomores taking a one semester basic science course were subjects in a study measuring teaching effectiveness using student ratings of instruction and class performance on examinations. Results indicate that both student ratings and class performance on national normative examinations are valid measures of teaching effectiveness.…

Reports on the relationship of research activities, teaching effectiveness and rank of faculty members in seventeen academic departments at Carnegie-Mellon University. Results indicate teaching quality is unrelated to assignment and promotion and that research activity is strongly related to promotion. (JM)

Reports the results of research designed to test the hypothesis that it is possible to teach toward a specific student-faculty evaluation. Demonstrates the importance of the evaluation format by showing that it is possible to adapt one's teaching technique to obtain a good student evaluation.