This paper outlines how shared decision making among teacher education faculty, preK-12 educators, and the Science and Mathematics faculty at Wright State University successfully led to the preparation of quality educators. It offers a historical overview of the Wright State redesign efforts, then: examines the university's collaboration for…

Some professors argue that it is possible to "buy" higher course evaluations by grading more leniently and requiring less work. This study investigated the relations of student effort, appropriateness of class difficulty, and course evaluations with a sample of 463 undergraduates from a mid-sized, Midwestern university. Findings support…

Although college faculty may hesitate to evaluate each others' teaching, it is a sensible alternative to evaluation by students or by administrators. Peer evaluations are not only useful for improving teaching, but also affect promotion and tenure decisions. When faculty are rated by observation, repeated visits and rater training are required in…

Presents evidence of conceptual and perceptual similarities between leadership and teaching from research in both areas and contends that the examination of teaching in the context of measuring leadership suggests guidelines for designing programs to evaluate and to improve teacher effectiveness. (JT)

Statement set forth by the American Association of University Professors as a guide to proper teaching evaluation methods and their appropriate uses in personnel decisions. Includes comment on institutional values and policies; expectations and criteria; adequate evaluation data; assessing the effectiveness of instruction; procedures; and…

A telephone survey of 97 faculty members at the University of Washington was conducted to determine attitudes toward publication of student ratings results. Eleven respondents were opposed to any form of publishing. Of the remaining, 95 percent approved of distribution to advisory offices, 71 percent approved of individualized student…

The Committee on Undergraduate Teaching was formed in 1964 in response to an urgent need to improve college teaching and give it greater importance. This report examines the present and prospective situations on the American campus as they affect learning and teaching and draws attention to changes that are in progress or may take place in the…

A review of course evaluation results for 1973-74 at New College leads to the following summary conclusions: (1) Approximately 62 percent of the New College students responded to course evaluation questionnaires. (2) Courses in the humanities area received the highest ratings by the students over the year and courses in the liberal arts area…

Efforts of Sacramento City College in performing evaluations of instructors, counselors, and administrative staff or management team are discussed. The district and college philosophy, goals and objectives, standards, and procedural calendar as related to staff evaluation are outlined. Details involved in the treatment of the evaluation data are…

Factor analysis of teacher rating scales has often identified components which focus on the instructor's respective roles as actor and interactor. A total of 208 Purdue University instructors were rated by their students on the Course-Instructor Evaluation form in an attempt to: (1) determine the relationships between specific and global items,…

Articles of the agreement cover recognition of employee representative; negotiation procedures; management rights and responsibilities; association rights and responsibilities; appointment, retention, and evaluation of instructional staff; conditions of employment; faculty benefits; academic freedom and tenure; instructors' rights and…

The role of the clinical supervisor as a resource to college English teachers is examined in this study through an investigation of the influence of an experimental and a modified experimental training program on two groups of teaching assistants. The experimental program for five TA's in Group A was a teaching seminar and supervision for a…

This article describes a method for evaluating instructional scholarship, broadly defined as both the competence and expertise the instructor brings to bear on a subject and the ability to promote student learning of and interest in that subject. (Authors)

To examine the conferring of distinguished teaching awards, 2,900 statements were gathered from students and faculty for award nominees in 35 categories. The attributes of superior teachers included teaching techniques such as command of subject matter, concern for students, and techniques for conveying competence and conscientiousness.…

Research involving 23 hard science disciplines at a midwestern university indicates that research and teaching are complementary but that time allocation tradeoffs are necessary between the two functions. Administratively, evaluations tend to influence the direction faculty choose to follow. (Author/LBH)