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Benton, Stephen L.; Li, Dan – IDEA Center, Inc., 2019
Periodically, articles reporting research on student ratings of instruction (SRI), aka student evaluations of teaching, appear in the higher-education press. This literature often summarizes studies that challenge the validity and reliability of SRI. However, before drawing a conclusion about a quantitative study touted in the media, readers…
Descriptors: Credibility, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
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Han, Jing; Koenig, Kathleen; Cui, Lili; Fritchman, Joseph; Li, Dan; Sun, Wanyi; Fu, Zhao; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
In a recent study, the 30-question Force Concept Inventory (FCI) was theoretically split into two 14-question "half-length" tests (HFCIs) covering the same set of concepts and producing mean scores that can be equated to those of the original FCI. The HFCIs require less administration time and reduce test-retest issues when different…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, College Science
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Benton, Stephen L.; Li, Dan; Gross, Amy; Pallett, William H.; Webster, Russell J. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2013
Student ratings were compared in courses offered either exclusively online ("n"?=?13,416) or face-to-face ("n" = 5,272). Data from 105 institutions were accessed from archived files of the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction system. If a course was taught online, the instructor was less likely to lecture and more likely to use…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Online Courses, College Students, College Faculty