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Eash, Maurice J.; Rasher, Sue Pinzur – 1977
The effectiveness of grade point average (GPA) as a predictor of elementary school teaching performance during student teaching and after graduation was examined. Measures of student achievement, attitudes, and teaching ability, as reported by student teaching supervisors and by school principals where the graduates are employed, were compared for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Beginning Teachers, Education Majors
Gephart, William J.; And Others – 1974
The 1974 National Symposia for Professors of Educational Research (NSPER), which concerned the evaluation of teaching, are summarized. Each session consisted of three components: (1) a Teacher Appraisal for Improvement workshop, focusing upon methods for appraising teaching, (2) a discussion of the criteria which should be used to evaluate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conference Reports, Course Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Huggins, Kenneth, Ed. – 1980
This publication presents papers and abstracts of research from a project to stimulate nursing education research in the South. The five papers in section 1 discuss some major developments in nursing education research, including (1) past and future of research in the south, (2) conducting clinical instruction of health science students and…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum, Educational Research, Faculty Development
Hoyt, Donald P.; Reed, Jeffrey G. – 1977
The relationship between salary increases and student ratings of teaching effectiveness was studied using a sample of 266 faculty members at Kansas State University. Three measures of teaching effectiveness (student progress in meeting relevant course objectives, liking the instructor, and appreciation of the field of study) and two salary…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Correlation, Departments
Vickers, Mozelle Carver – 1979
A sample of 30 instructors nominated as effective teachers to the Piper Foundation and 31 randomly selected control instructors from the same 14 Texas colleges were evaluated by students, former students, administrators, peers, and the instructors themselves. The research instrument incorporated ten sets of characteristics expressed as polar…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
HEILIG, HARLAND E. – 1963
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN APPLICATION BLANK DATA AND TEACHING SUCCESS WAS INVESTIGATED, USING A SAMPLE OF 272 PART-TIME EVENING COLLEGE TEACHERS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-61. THE CRITERION WAS THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN'S JUDGMENT OF TEACHING SUCCESS. THE PREDICTORS WERE DATA FROM APPLICATION BLANKS FOR THE STAFF AS A WHOLE AND FOR TEN DEPARTMENTS…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Background
Melching, William H.; Whitmore, Paul G. – 1973
After completing a search of educational and training literature, and reviewing practices and criteria employed by 18 Army schools in evaluating instructors, a model of the functions of a master instructor was developed. Based upon two main rationales (Systems engineering and a behavioristic concept of learning), the model encompassed four areas…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Contingency Management, Evaluation Criteria
Wick, John W.; Beggs, Donald L. – 1971
This book was written for teachers, administrators, professional specialists in the schools, and students in training in an effort to acquaint them with educational research and measurement techniques produced by experts in these areas. No special mathematical background is assumed, and the book may serve as a supplementary text in such courses as…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Classification, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Peterson, Kenneth D.; Peterson, Catherine A. – Corwin Press, 2005
Effective teacher evaluation is at the core of improving the quality and value of education and principals bear the responsibility of implementing a teacher evaluation program that helps develop highly qualified teachers and promotes high academic standards. In this easy-to-use handbook, the authors offer a fresh, innovative look into teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Principals, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
Rossow, Lawrence F.; Tate, James O. – 2003
This monograph is a legal treatise covering all legal aspects of the evaluation of teachers. It looks at what can legally be evaluated, how the evaluation can become evidence for termination, and how to avoid and win lawsuits involving wrongful teacher dismissals. It is intended for practicing administrators, supervisors of instruction, teacher…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Due Process, Educational Legislation
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de Anda, Diane – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1982
Forty Hispanic junior high school girls (Los Angeles) divided into target and comparison subsamples were matched with target and comparison teacher subsamples. Target girls' behavior differed significantly in target and comparison teacher classrooms. Students indicated teachers behaved differently towards target versus comparison girls; teachers…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Delinquent Behavior
Wragg, E. C., Ed. – 1984
This book describes some of the research undertaken during the Teacher Education Project, a four and one-half year research and development project undertaken by the Universities of Nottingham, Leicester, and Exeter (Great Britain) and funded by the Department of Education and Science. This project involved observation of over 1,000 lessons and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Foreign Countries
National Association of State Boards of Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1984
State board of education members across the country cite four essential tasks of state boards in improving school quality: (1) improving teacher quality, (2) raising academic standards, (3) improving school leadership and management, and (4) promoting effective use of school time. To combat the drain of talent from the teaching profession and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1983
This annotated bibliography comprises 13 items in the ERIC system concerning improving teacher effectiveness. Items cited discuss strategies including an objectives-based instructional program combined with mastery learning, teacher self-assessment techniques, administrators' role in helping teachers adopt more effective practices, improving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hole, F. Marvin; And Others – 1977
A study was done to determine demographic characteristics, inservice needs, and preferences toward inservice activities of part-time adult vocational teachers in Pennsylvania. A survey instrument was sent to 4,141 individuals currently teaching adult vocational classes in Pennsylvania. The respondents were asked for background information, their…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Vocational Education, Demography, Educational Needs
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