Agriculture faculty at the University of Nebraska are evaluated based on a portfolio containing the following: student evaluations of teaching; annual/long-term teaching objectives; creative/scholarly activities; professional development; courses outlines, objectives, and evaluation policies; advising; class observations; and peer review. Faculty…

Based on concerns raised at a workshop at the Southern California College of Optometry, addresses critical issues in the process of peer review of faculty teaching and possible alternatives to these issues as applied to an optometric institution. (EV)

Parker Palmer, in "The Courage to Teach" (1997), proposed an alternative approach to traditional teaching evaluations, one deeply rooted in a holistic view of education which focuses on the potential for creating self-knowledge and relationships between colleagues. This article describes a project in which we studied these claims and tested the…

Evaluation for and appointment to professional titles is a major aspect of personnel management in institutions of higher education. Diligence in this area is important for firing the enthusiasm of the broad mass of teachers for their work and for the stable and sustainable development of university research work.

RateMyProfessors.com helps students rank their professors using a five-point rating scale in three areas, namely, helpfulness, clarity, and easiness. A college professor finds himself addicted to the site, which is rather low on substance and rates professors with a smiley face to indicate "good quality" and a red hot chili pepper to indicate the…

In 1977, a task force on teaching evaluation was formed at the University of California to recommend means of implementing reliable, flexible and effective teaching evaluation for the improvement of teaching and the consideration of teaching in personnel actions. Surveys of faculty and department chairs revealed strong support for colleague…

THE MAJOR PORTION OF THIS REPORT CONSISTS OF (1) A SERIES OF EXCERPTS FROM ACCREDITATION APPLICATIONS, PRESENTING POLICIES AND/OR PROCEDURES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL EVALUATION AT 23 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES, (2) SAMPLES OF FORMS FOR STUDENT EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION, (3) SAMPLES OF FORMS FOR ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION OF TEACHERS, AND (4) SAMPLES OF…

This study assessed the effect of factors outside the instructor's control on student ratings of instruction. Seven special items along with the standard Student Ratings forms were administered to 28 classes in the Anthropology Department. Results indicated that the impact of outside factors, as perceived by students, was not correlated with…

In the process of teacher evaluation, much needs to be taken into account other than a teacher's activities and behaviors inside the classroom. Also to be considered are the teacher's fixed goals for a particular class, his attitude toward his students, his peers' attitudes toward him, and an instructor's professional activities. Who should…

Reports of all published factor analyses of student ratings of college faculty were analyzed to determine what common factors emerge and to identify items likely to be useful in discriminating teachers along basic dimensions of difference. A 39-item form was administered to students of 18 instructors both at the beginning and the end of a semester…

A set of scale values representing the expected number of Structure-of-Intellect cells (mental work) delivered by college-level psychology teachers in the classroom, on each of eight jobs, was developed from magnitude estimations of psychology teachers and students from the U.S.A. and Germany. (Author)

Presents a critical view of peer evaluation in the community college setting from the viewpoint of an instructor forced to evaluate an inept colleague. (MB)