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McGinty, Courtney Kristine. "Interpersonal Goals in College Teaching." Thesis, The Ohio State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3734676.
Full textThe instructor-student relationship is an important predictor of students' attitudes, motivation, and learning. Students benefit when they believe their instructor cares about them and instructors demonstrate caring for their students by supporting their needs. Instructors can support students' emotionally or academically. However, little is known about instructor characteristics that influence instructors' responsiveness to students.
Compassionate and self-image goals are powerful predictors of relationship dynamics because of their association with responsiveness (Canevello & Crocker, 2010). Compassionate goals, or goals focused on supporting others out of genuine concern for others' well-being (Crocker & Canevello, 2008), initiate positive relationship cycles. I proposed two types of compassionate goals, focused either on supporting students' learning or supporting students' emotions. I hypothesized that instructors' compassionate goals to support students' learning would be most beneficial to students. Self-image goals, or goals focused on creating and maintaining a desired impression in others' eyes (Crocker & Canevello, 2008), undermine healthy relationships. I proposed two types of self-image goals, focused on appearing either likable or competent and hypothesized that both forms of self-image goals would undermine the instructor-student relationship.
The present work was the first investigation of the association between college instructors' compassionate and self-image goals and students' experiences in the class. In Study 1, I created a scale to measure instructors' compassionate and self-image goals for teaching. In Study 2, college instructors' compassionate and self-image goals for teaching were used to predict end-of-semester student evaluations. In Study 3, students' interpretations of their instructors' goals were measured and used to predict student evaluations.
Results indicated that that students respond most positively to instructors' goals to compassionate goals to support their learning. Instructors' compassionate goals to support students' emotions are largely unrelated to students' experiences in the class. Surprisingly, instructors' self-image goals are unrelated to student evaluations.
Overall, this research advances research in several domains. It advances understanding of effective teaching by indicating that instructors' compassionate and self-image are important components of the college classroom. This research also advances theory on interpersonal goals, as this is the first time that a non-relationship compassionate goal has been identified.
McGinty, Courtney. "Interpersonal Goals in College Teaching." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1372168428.
Full textHo, Suk-ping Angela. "Changing teachers' conceptions of teaching as an approach to enhancing teaching and learning in tertiary education /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20263508.
Full textHaokip, Haokhongam. "Increasing awareness of Jesus' teaching methodology to enhance teaching by the faculty of Eastern Bible College /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3150438.
Full textMurray, Christina. "Teaching College Athletes Social Media Appropriateness." Scholarly Commons, 2021. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3733.
Full textFremont, Kimberly Miller. "Technology, Learning, and College Teaching Evaluations." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/216570.
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College students utilize technology in vast ways. However, the results of studies evaluating the technological experiences of young people within the academic setting are varied, suggesting that students are more complex in their preferences for academic technology use than once thought. Yet no studies have explored student preferences for academic technology as measured by formal course evaluations. This study examined the relationship between technology use and student ratings of instructor and course effectiveness in post-secondary classrooms. Level and type of technology use, individual instructor demographics, and ratings of instructor effectiveness were measured using formal student evaluations of teaching (SETs). The findings suggest that significant differences in technology use exist between instructors of varying rank and experience. Additionally, the results suggest that students identify technology as a tool that contributes to their learning, but that technology is not sufficient in and of itself to impact ratings of instructor effectiveness and self-reported student learning. Rather, students identify instructor variables and instructional approach more frequently as important contributors to their learning. Future research should expand on these results by exploring the specific types of technology that students attend to in the classroom and by investigating how best to incorporate technology while maintaining strong pedagogical approaches.
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Mumpower, Lee F. "College Teaching in Four States: An Examination of Teaching Methods Received and Needed by New College Teachers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1993. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2953.
Full textMerriman, Carolyn S. "Teaching Intensive." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8419.
Full textJordan, Laurn R. Dr. "An Examination of Standards-based Practices in College Algebra in the First Two Years of College." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2013. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/msit_diss/114.
Full textPearce, Jane. "Teacher identity in university classrooms: reflexivity and professional learning." Thesis, Pearce, Jane (2005) Teacher identity in university classrooms: reflexivity and professional learning. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/251/.
Full textPearce, Jane. "Teacher identity in university classrooms : reflexivity and professional learning /." Pearce, Jane (2005) Teacher identity in university classrooms: reflexivity and professional learning. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/251/.
Full textMcEachern, Adriana Garcia. "Teaching employment interviewing techniques to college students." Gainesville, FL, 1989. http://www.archive.org/details/teachingemployme00mcea.
Full textOesch, Gary Robert. "Teaching Excellence: Perceptions of Community College Students." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001299.
Full textTatum, Thomas Luther. "Teaching homiletics inductively in the Bible college." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMajewska, Izabela Agata. "College Teachers' Perceptions about Teaching Global Competency." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5750.
Full textMerriman, Carolyn S. "Teaching Intensive." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8431.
Full textHarvey, Irene Juanita Sass. "The impact of staff development interventions on teaching and learning at a South African Technikon /." Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1618.
Full textKhai, Kham Khan. "Increasing knowledge of teaching and learning for the faculty members of Southeast Asia Bible College in Myanmar /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1706818071&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textFranklin, Joseph W. "The Attributes, Teaching Effectiveness, and Educational Commitment of Part-time Faculty in North Carolina Community Colleges." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1994. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2678.
Full textMcKenzie, Jo A. "Variation and change in university teachers' ways of experiencing teaching /." Electronic version, 2003. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20040726.154757/index.html.
Full textCrabill, Thomas V. "Teaching Methods of a Successful College Soccer Coach." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1399642117.
Full textMoxness, Katherine. "Individual instructor's perceptions of teaching context : identifying facilitators and barriers to completion of teaching projects." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38248.
Full textNineteen full-time faculty members in the Departments of Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Nursing, Social Work, Educational Psychology and Education at a large research and teaching university in Montreal, Quebec participated in this study. The instructors were asked to complete an adapted version of Little's (1983) Personal Project Analysis (P.P.A.) instrument, which is designed to elicit an instructor's current pre-occupations or projects in his or her current context. The instructors were asked to rate these projects (seven teaching projects and seven other work projects) using a Likert scale (0 to 10) on twenty-one empirically supported dimensions. These dimensions included the following: enjoyment, difficulty, control, initiative, stress, time pressure, outcome, self-identity, others' view, value congruency, challenge, commitment, competence, support, self-worth, fun, others' benefit, self-benefit, supportiveness of culture (departmental level), hindrance of culture (departmental level), and overall current satisfaction. Instructors were asked to assess their perceived conflicts between two of their teaching projects and two of their other work projects in addition to completing a demographic questionnaire.
The findings indicate that instructors identified five different types of daily pursuits that formed and defined their teaching context, as they perceived it. These five types of daily pursuits (projects) included: course planning and preparation projects; student investment, support and delegation of tasks to student projects; knowledge building and knowledge sharing projects; committees, faculty support and faculty teaching projects; and finally, teaching strategy projects. The instructors also identified five different types of daily pursuits that formed and defined their other work context. These included: publishing, conference presentation and research projects; grant proposals and funding projects; office organization projects; correspondence, university committees, outside mandates, departmental expectations and management of student and faculty projects; and finally, personal objectives and technical skill building projects.
P.P.A. enabled the researcher to identify on an individual instructor level the instructor's perceived facilitators and barriers to the successful completion of teaching and other work projects. Furthermore, P.P.A. as a faculty development instrument or as an alternative to semi-structured interview methods is supported by the findings.
Jenkins, Jacqueline D. "Toward the formulation of a community college policy for the evaluation of teaching based on evidence of student learning." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.39 Mb., 174 p, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3220794.
Full textShuster, David R. "Teaching Hope| The Influence of College Faculty Teaching Practices on Undergraduate Student Success." Thesis, Frostburg State University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10936358.
Full textWithin the framework of hope defined by Snyder et al. (1991) as being comprised of agency and pathways thinking in the context of goal achievement, this study investigated the potential of faculty hopeful teaching practices to positively influence college student hope and success. Hope functions in student success frameworks as a factor that contributes to improved academic outcomes including test scores, GPA, persistence, and graduation. It has state and trait-like qualities that may be influenced during a student’s time on campus, particularly through interaction with faculty. Hope has been previously shown to correlate with improved outcomes across multiple life-domains relevant for post-graduation and lifelong success, achievement, and happiness.
Using a quantitative, self-report survey methodology, student perceptions of the frequency of hopeful faculty teaching behaviors were collected from a convenience sample of undergraduate students (N=236) via the Hopeful Teaching Practices Inventory (HTPI), an instrument developed specifically for this study. Factor analysis resulted in the HTPI structure consisting of three distinct scales representing faculty caring, hope, and feedback practices as suggested by Snyder (2005), all with α reliability scores > .84.
The frequency of the teaching practices measured by these scales were moderately correlated to student hope, and significantly related when controlling for background characteristics. The HTPI scale scores, and particularly the scale representing Snyder et al.’s (1991) conceptualization of hope, predicted student success when controlling for background characteristics. Student hope was also found to be a significant predictor of student success, confirming prior research on the positive benefits of hope. Several interactions with student and professor background characteristics were also observed, yielding further insight into how student-faculty interactions based in hopeful teaching may individually influence student hope and success outcomes.
Dolloph, Frances M. "Online higher education faculty perceptions, learning, and changes in teaching /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2007. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5296.
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Gibson, Doug. "Strategies for teaching a class to be taught at Ozark Christian College /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p031-0174.
Full textLorbeer, Scott Henry. "Understanding the experiences of postsecondary faculty and students with precision teaching a phenomenological approach /." Diss., Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/lorbeer/LorbeerS0507.pdf.
Full textScales, Renay Ford. "Ethics of Teaching: Beliefs and Behaviors of Community College Faculty." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3212/.
Full textElstak, Iwan Rene. "College students' understanding of rational exponents a teaching experiment /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1186505864.
Full textQin, Shuoqian. "Applying an intercultural approach to Chinese college language teaching." Thesis, Durham University, 2015. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11091/.
Full textGarland, Sidney J. "Teaching missiology at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
Full textCottrell, Scott A. "Scholarly teaching exploring how diverse faculty investigate course changes to improve student learning /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1898.
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Hurt, Joy F. "Community College Instructors' Perceptions of Online Teaching and Learning: A Study of a Rural Community College." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1417.
Full textKulski, Martijntje M. "The teaching portfolio project: An evaluative case study of a portfolio-based approach to the development of university teaching." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1520.
Full textSparrow, Heather. "Teaching excellence : an illusive goal in higher education teaching and learning." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/582.
Full textSamhaber, Carol Ann. "Canadian Community College Faculty and Teaching and Learning Professional Development." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1394.
Full textCook, Vania Saretta. "Entrepreneurship education at a FET college." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1008071.
Full textZheng, Jie Jane, and 鄭潔. "The Shanghai Art College, 1913-1937." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37969833.
Full textBorgford-Parnell, James L. "Conceptions of teaching in a research-intensive university : what effective teachers think /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7520.
Full textWeidner, Laura E. "Understanding and application of Learning College concepts among community college support staff employees." ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/632.
Full textBuckmaster, Matthew T. "Teaching strategies of successful college trombone professors for undergradute students." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001712.
Full textAguda, Narciso. "Is the College-Ready Teaching Framework related to student achievement?" Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3631466.
Full textThis dissertation examined the College-Ready Teaching Framework (CRTF), a multiple measure teacher effectiveness rubric created by Green Dot Public Schools. The purpose of the dissertation was to determine whether or not the CRTF as a whole or in part could account for differences in student outcomes (California Standards Test [CST] scores, student growth percentile [SGP], and grade point average [GPA]). The study included teachers and students at Green Dot during the 2012-2013 school year. Correlational analyses were used to determine if there was a relationship between student achievement outcomes and the CRTF. Factor analysis was used to discover other Factors in addition to the CRTF's original five Domains. Multiple regression and step-wise regression were employed to determine if a combination of indicators, Domains, or Factors could predict student scores. The results of the findings showed that overall there were no relationships between Teacher Effectiveness Score (TES), Teacher Observation Score (TObs), and student outcome metrics (SGP, CST, and GPA). Disaggregating the dataset for math, science, and history separately, however, moderate relationships emerged between TES, TObs, SGP, and CST. Four additional Factors emerged from factor analysis that were similar to the original theoretical Domains created by CRTF designers; however. neither the original Domains nor the additional Factors were related to student outcomes. Finally, no regression model was found to hold any practical significance as no combination of indicators, Domains, or Factors accounted for more than 19.5% of the variation in student outcomes. The findings of this study are largely consistent with similar studies in the research literature where correlation analysis has been promising, yet inconsistent. The results of this study represent the addition of the CRTF to the research literature. Future research on the study of the effect of professional development and the impact of various weights of the CRTF composite score are recommended.
Bosse, Jonathan H. "A teaching manual for single young adults "wisdom after college" /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
Full textGallos, Marilou R. "Reconceptualizing a college chemistry course to improve teaching and learning." Thesis, Curtin University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/495.
Full textGallos, Marilou R. "Reconceptualizing a college chemistry course to improve teaching and learning." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education Centre, 2002. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=13158.
Full textThree instructors were able to significantly change their teaching and apply meaningful student seatwork in their lessons. Nine instructors, who were moderately successful implementers, exhibited some pedagogical growth but still had problems in maintaining a well-organised classroom environment. The other three instructors had considerable trouble in applying the new approach. The shift from lecturing to applying the instructional cycle might seem like a relatively small change, yet it is a huge step for instructors who have predominantly taught using lectures for over ten years. This situation called for support by effective intervention through a realistic and practical faculty development program. After an initial training of instructors, extensive coaching in the classroom was used during the implementation phase as well as weekly small group meetings and monthly large group seminars. The course and faculty development process led to a strong increase in chemistry and chemistry pedagogy discussions in the faculty room with increasing collegiality. After the initial implementation, the process of change has continued. Every semester more improvements are made and several other Chemistry courses have been revised using the instructional cycle model of instruction.
Stout, Jeffrey Wayne Sessions Kyle C. "Teaching western civilization through eyes of faith and reason." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9914574.
Full textTitle from title page screen, viewed July 11, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Kyle Sessions (chair), Lawrence McBride, John Freed. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-161) and abstract. Also available in print.
Lam, Siu. "Evaluation of using ICT in teaching tertiary English writing." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39846994.
Full textvan, der Meer Jacques, and n/a. "Mapping first semester challenges : first-year students making sense of their teaching and learning environments." University of Otago. Department of Education, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20081029.154312.
Full textAguilar, Darla Jean. "Calculator Use In Developmental Mathematics in a Community College." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194530.
Full textHolland, V. Lynne Bates. "Learning to teach, teaching to learn the lived experience of international teaching assistants at a Midwestern university /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1218226885.
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