Dissertations / Theses: 'Student teaching – Evaluation'

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Todoroff, Ryan. "Student perceptions of formative teacher evaluation putting the student back in student evaluations /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Onyegam, Emmanuel I. (Emmanuel Ikechi). "Graduate Student Opinion of Most Important Attributes in Effective Teaching." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279009/.

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Graduate students in the College of Education at the University of North Texas, Denton rated 57 teacher attributes on their relative importance in effective teaching. The data was analyzed across six demographic variables of department, sex, degree, nationality, teaching experience, and previous graduate school, using mean scores, one-way ANOVA, and t-tests for two independent samples.

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Lam, Lai-wah Melanie. "Student evaluation of teaching in Hong Kong secondary school." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31963407.

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Lam, Lai-wah Melanie, and 林麗華. "Student evaluation of teaching in Hong Kong secondary school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31963407.

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Ganivet, Fernando J. "Development of a New Student Evaluation Instrument of Instructor Effectiveness in Online Courses." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/382.

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The purpose of this study was to (a) develop an evaluation instrument capable of rating students' perceptions of the instructional quality of an online course and the instructor’s performance, and (b) validate the proposed instrument with a study conducted at a major public university. The instrument was based upon the Seven Principles of Good Practice for Undergraduate Education (Chickering & Gamson, 1987). The study examined four specific questions. 1. Is the underlying factor structure of the new instrument consistent with Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles? 2. Is the factor structure of the new instrument invariant for male and female students? 3. Are the scores on the new instrument related students’ expected grades? 4. Are the scores on the new instrument related to the students' perceived course workload? The instrument was designed to measure students’ levels of satisfaction with their instruction, and also gathered information concerning the students’ sex, the expected grade in the course, and the students’ perceptions of the amount of work required by the course. A cluster sample consisting of an array of online courses across the disciplines yielded a total 297 students who responded to the online survey. The students for each course selected were asked to rate their instructors with the newly developed instrument. Question 1 was answered using exploratory factor analysis, and yielded a factor structure similar to the Seven Principles. Question 2 was answered by separately factor-analyzing the responses of male and female students and comparing the factor structures. The resulting factor structures for men and women were different. However, 14 items could be realigned under five factors that paralleled some of the Seven Principles. When the scores of only those 14 items were entered in two principal components factor analyses using only men and only women, respectively and restricting the factor structure to five factors, the factor structures were the same for men and women. A weak positive relationship between students’ expected grades and their scores on the instrument was found (Question 3). There was no relationship between students’ perceived workloads for the course and their scores on the instrument (Question 4).

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Joubert, L., G. Ludick, and Z. Hattingh. "STUDENT EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TEACHING METHODS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/287.

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A significant amount of time and effort has to go into teaching students. It is no art when lecturers simply read from a text book. The objective of this study was to determine the teaching methods that students at the Hotel School, Central University of Technology, Free State, consider as most effective to support learning. All first-year students (N=73) enrolled for the National Diploma: Hospitality Management were targeted to participate in the survey. A mixedmethod study design was followed, and a questionnaire consisting of closedand open-ended questions was developed for data collection. Closed-ended questions were rated on a five-point Likert scale, while answers to open-ended questions were analysed to determine trends. Results showed that lecturers used a variety of teaching methods. The lecture teaching method was rated best by 49% of students followed by the group discussion method which was rated as second best (19%). Case studies and brainstorming were the least-preferred methods (4% and 0% respectively). Lecturers should ensure that maximum information is transferred through the teaching methods that most appeal to students. The focus should be on enabling students to practically apply the lessons taught in everyday life.

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Baker, Scott Hamilton. "Faculty Perceptions as a Foundation for Evaluating Use of Student Evaluations of Teaching." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2014. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/288.

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Amidst ever-growing demands for accountability and increased graduation rates to help justify the rising costs of higher education, few topics in undergraduate education elicit a broader range of responses than student evaluations of teaching (SETs). Despite debates over their efficacy, SETs are increasingly used as formative (pedagogical practices) and summative (employee reviews) assessments of faculty teaching. Proponents contend SETs are a necessary component in measuring the quality of education a student receives, arguing that they further enable educators to reflect upon their own pedagogy and thus informing best practices, and that they are a valid component in summative evaluations of faculty. Skeptics argue that SETs are ineffective as the measurements themselves are invalid and unreliable, students are not qualified evaluators of teaching, and faculty may lower educational standards due to pressure for higher ratings in summative evaluations. This study dives more deeply into this debate by exploring faculty perceptions of SETs. Through the use of surveys of 27 full- and part-time faculty within one division at a private, four-year teaching-focused college, this study explored faculty perceptions of SETs primarily as an initial step in a larger process seeking to evaluate perceived and potential efficacy of SETs. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed using Patton's (2008) Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE) framework for engaging evidence based upon a four-stage process in which evaluation findings are analyzed, interpreted, judged, and recommendations for action are generated, with all steps involving intended users. Overall, the study data suggests that faculty were generally very supportive of SETs for formative assessments, and strongly reported their importance and use for evaluating their own pedagogy. Findings also indicated faculty relied primarily upon the students' written qualitative comments over the quantitative reports generated by externally determined scaled-questions on the SETs. Faculty also reported the importance of SETs as part of their own summative evaluations, yet expressed concern about overreliance upon them and again indicated a desire for a more meaningful process. The utility of the UFE framework for SETs, has implications beyond the institution studied, nearly every higher education institution is faced with increasing demands for accountability of student learning from multiple stakeholders. Additionally, many institutions are grappling with policies on SETs in summative and formative evaluation and to what extent faculty and administrators do--and perhaps should--utilize SETs in measuring teaching effectiveness is a pertinent question for any institution of higher education to examine. Thus, the study suggests that to what extent faculty reflect upon SETs, and to what extent they utilize feedback, is a salient issue at any institution; and Patton's model has the potential to maximize the utility of SETs for many relevant stakeholders, especially faculty.

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Glover, Jacob I. "Finding the right mix: teaching methods as predictors for student progress on learning objectives." Diss., Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13623.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs
Aaron H. Carlstrom
This study extends existing student ratings research by exploring how teaching methods, individually and collectively, influence a minimum standard of student achievement on learning objectives and how class size impacts this influence. Twenty teaching methods were used to predict substantial or exceptional progress on each of 12 learning objectives. Analyses were conducted in four class-size groups, Small (between 10-14 students), Medium (between 15-34 students), Large (between 35-49 students), and Very Large (50 or more students). Archival data were over 580,000 classes of instructors and students who responded to two instruments within the IDEA Student Rating of Instruction system: Instructors completed the Faculty Information Form, and students responded to the Student Ratings Diagnostic Form. Significant progress, for the purpose of this study, means students indicated they made either substantial or exceptional progress on learning objectives the instructor identified as relevant to the course. Therefore, student ratings of progress were dichotomized and binary logistic regression was conducted on the dummy variables. Descriptive statistics and point-biserial correlations were also conducted to test the hypotheses. Teaching methods that stimulated student interest were found to be among the strongest predictors of significant progress on the majority of learning objectives across all class sizes. For all class sizes, significant progress was correctly classified from a low of 76% of the time to a high of 90% of the time. The higher students rated the instructor in stimulating them to intellectual effort the more progress they reported on a majority of learning objectives across all class sizes. Higher instructor ratings on inspiring students to set and achieve challenging goals were also associated with significant student progress on learning objectives across all class sizes. Class size was not a major factor affecting the predictive strength of groups of teaching methods on student progress on learning objectives. However, it was a factor concerning the predictive strength of individual teaching methods. The larger the enrollment the greater was the predictive strength of key teaching methods. Implications of the study for faculty professional development and for future research are discussed.

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Gall, Annette Rashid. "Faculty perceptions of the effects of student evaluations of teaching on higher education instructional practices and instructor morale." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2004. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=397.

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Zong, Shiping. "The meaning of expected grade and the meaning of overall rating of instruction : a validation study of student evaluation of teaching with hierarchical linear models /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7608.

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Khan, Ahmed S. "Students' perceptions of the importance of the faculty dimensions of technical currency, teaching techniques, and commitment to student success for their learning/success in a technology based baccalaureate program." Access citation, abstract and download form; downloadable file 5.75 Mb, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3131678.

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Valli-Marill, Joanne. "An examination of how faculty in higher education use student evaluations of teaching." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1417816601&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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White, Sylvia A. "A comparison of teacher evaluation, student surveys and growth scores to identify effective teaching traits." Thesis, Wingate University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3598769.

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The identification of effective teaching is a continuous and challenging task. This study was an investigation of the relationship among the teacher evaluation, student perception surveys, and student growth scores of students in grades 3 through 8. The entire population of the small district was included in the study. The sources for this study were the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System (NCEES), Educator Assessment Score (EVAAS), and student perception surveys. The purpose was to identify traits of effective teachers from these meaningful sources or among the combinations of these sources. The teachers' EVAAS index was used for all calculations. The index was calculated by dividing how much progress the teachers' students made compared to other students across the state by the standard error for the population.

The data were analyzed using t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple regressions. The results showed statistically significant correlations between the teacher evaluations performed by school administrators and the students' perceptions from the surveys. There were no significant correlations related to student growth scores. Multiple regressions disclosed a significant statistical finding in these areas: the combination of NCEES standard 4 (facilitation of learning), and student perception characteristics of a challenging, engaging classroom where their input is important are predictor of student growth scores (EVAAS). Additional research is needed to validate and expand upon these findings.

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Jones, Jay R. "Assessing student teacher perceptions of preparedness using a dialogic evaluation process a pilot study /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5898.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 13, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Lewis, Susan Carol Salyer. "Evaluating Alternative Methodologies to Teaching Reading to Sixth-Grade Students and the Association with Student Achievement." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2005. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1074.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if an association exists between reading methodologies and reading achievement as measured by the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) for sixth-grade students. The four reading methodology groups were: developmental reading, literature-based reading, Accelerated Reader program, and Accelerated Reader program with vocabulary study. The sample included 236 students in one middle school located in Northeast Tennessee during the 2004-2005 school year. Comparisons were made using TCAP criterion-referenced test reading/language arts scores, TCAP proficiency levels for content, meaning, and vocabulary categories for 2005, and pretest and posttest scores on the student assessment of reading. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings indicated significant differences in the reading methodology groups. The developmental group performed much lower than the other three groups. The literature-based group performed much higher than the other groups. Even when the analysis of the gain scores showed no statistical difference among groups, the literature-based group had the largest gain. The students in this study exceeded the state's annual goal of scoring 80% proficient or higher. The literature-based group and both Accelerated Reader groups exceeded the goal by achieving 90% on proficiency levels, whereas the developmental group failed to meet the state's goal in content and meaning but met the goal for vocabulary. Overall, the Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Reader with vocabulary groups were similar across all dependent variables.

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Burr, Brenda Sue. "Student Voices in Teacher Evaluations." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4448.

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In an ever increasingly competitive global marketplace, a concern exists that American students are not being adequately prepared with the skills needed for the 21st century. As a remedy, improving quality of teacher instruction is a current national focus. Stakeholders are questioning current infrequent and inefficient methods of evaluating teacher performance. Many states are looking at using a 360 model of evaluating through multiple perspectives including the students themselves as key stakeholders. One method of accessing student voice and adding another perspective to teacher evaluations would be to include student evaluations in the rating of teacher performance, Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET). While using student evaluations of teacher performance is wide spread in higher education, the practice has been limited in public school settings until brought to light by the publication of the recent Gates Foundation MET (Measures of Effective Teaching) Project (2010). Currently, states across the nation are considering adding a student input component to teacher evaluations. With the validity and reliability of student evaluations in the university settings still under debate by professors, public school teachers also fear punitive measures and public judgment based on the verdicts of adolescents. This research examined the archival data from a program study of one high school's student evaluation implementation process, accessing teacher feedback from the initial evaluation process and then an adjusted implementation of student evaluations according to teacher feedback the following year. Based on mixed method design using both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze teacher questionnaires, focus group open-ended responses and statistical analysis of close-ended agree/disagree statements from teacher questionnaires, this study used triangulation to explore teacher reflections on their anxiety levels created by the student evaluation implementation process, the value they found in student evaluations, and the degree to which student evaluations facilitated change in their teaching instruction. Exploring possibilities through the eyes of teachers to reduce their anxiety and increase their value of student input, this study suggests ways to tap into the potential but underutilized resource in schools that could come from developing a mutually beneficial partnership between students and teachers to improve teacher instruction and increase student learning.

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Dickey, David Louis. "Recency effect in university student evaluation of faculty instruction." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000001.

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Ntsaluba, Doris Nomonde. "An evaluation of the effectiveness of Walter Sisulu University's teaching practice as a context for student teachers' competence development." Thesis, Walter Sisulu University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1007761.

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This study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of teaching practice as a context for the development of student teachers’ competences at Walter Sisulu University. The study was necessitated by the lack of information on whether teaching practice really provides an effective context or not. A literature study focusing on planning of teaching practice, preparation of student teachers for teaching practice, placement of student teachers for teaching practice, mentoring during teaching practice as well as supervision and assessment of teaching practice was conducted. The activity and situated learning theories provided a theoretical framework for studying teaching practice. The mixed-methods approach consisting of quantitative and qualitative approaches was used and data was collected through questionnaires and focus group discussions. The participants in the study were: thirty (30) student teachers in their third year of study; ten (10) host teachers who were hosting student teachers at the time of data collection for this study and ten (10) university supervisors responsible for teaching practice supervision. Data from closed-ended questionnaire items were analysed statistically. Frequencies and percentages were derived. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. The results of the study revealed that there was a serious lack of communication between the university and the schools used for teaching practice and as a result student teachers were subjected to a wide range of treatment when they arrived at the schools. The findings also showed that student teachers were inadequately prepared for teaching practice. Student teachers were faced with serious challenges with regard to placement and there was no common programme of mentoring. The schools, as a result, did not provide a sufficiently-appropriate environment for teaching practice to become an effective context for student teachers‘ competence development. The recommendations made include suggestions for the improvement of the general organisation of teaching practice with the university and the schools working as partners in all the activities of teaching practice. The introduction of a formal programme for the preparation of student teachers for teaching practice is suggested and a teaching practice model is also proposed.

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Feistauer, Daniela [Verfasser]. "Teaching quality in higher education: Do student evaluation of teaching questionnaires allow a reliable and valid assessment of teaching quality? / Daniela Feistauer." Kassel : Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, 2018. http://d-nb.info/116215621X/34.

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Alsarhan, Ala'a Mohammad. "Alternative Methods of Estimating the Degree of Uncertainty in Student Ratings of Teaching." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6939.

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This study used simulated results to evaluate four alternative methods of computing confidence intervals for class means in the context of student evaluations of teaching in a university setting. Because of the skewed and bounded nature of the ratings, the goal was to identify a procedure for constructing confidence intervals that would be asymmetric and not dependent upon normal curve theory. The four methods included (a) a logit transformation, (b) a resampling procedure, (c) a nonparametric, bias corrected accelerated Bootstrapping procedure, and (d) a Bayesian bootstrap procedure. The methods were compared against four criteria including (a) coverage probability, (b) coverage error, (c) average interval width, and (d) the lower and upper error probability. The results of each method were also compared with a classical procedure for computing the confidence interval based on normal curve theory. In addition, Student evaluations of teaching effectiveness (SET) ratings from all courses taught during one semester at Brigham Young University were analyzed using multilevel generalizability theory to estimate variance components and to estimate the reliability of the class means as a function of the number of respondents in each class. The results showed that the logit transformation procedure outperformed the alternative methods. The results also showed that the reliability of the class means exceeded .80 for classes averaging 15 respondents or more. The study demonstrates the need to routinely report a margin of error associated with the mean SET rating for each class and recommends that a confidence interval based on the logit transformation procedure be used for this purpose.

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Gallant, Mark W. "An Overview of Issues in Music Student Teaching, Related Research, and a Sample Study of the Effects of Classroom Characteristics on Evaluation of Student Teaching." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391588684.

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Feit, Christopher R. "Student ratings of instruction and student motivation: is there a connection?" Diss., Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18661.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs
Doris W. Carroll
This study examined factors relates to student ratings of instruction and student levels of motivation. Data came from archival data of 386,195 classes of faculty and students who completed the Faculty Information Form (FIF), completed by the instructor, and the Student Ratings Diagnostic Form (SRDF) completed by the student from the Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) Center Student Ratings system. Descriptive statistics, correlation studies, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and pairwise comparisons were used to test the research hypotheses. Despite significant differences among student ratings of instruction and student motivation by course type, discipline, and student type, the amount of unknown variability in student ratings of instruction and student motivation is still very large. The findings from the study provide higher education institutions with information about differences between student ratings of instruction by institution type, course level, discipline, and course type as well as the impact of student motivation on student ratings of instruction.

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Nelson, J. Ron. "Evaluation of Utah's Prereferral Intervention Mandate." DigitalCommons@USU, 1990. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6855.

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The primary purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of Utah's prereferral intervention policy on the numbers of mildly handicapped students receiving special education services. Associated with this purpose, the study was also designed to identify the (a) types of prereferral intervention procedures available in school districts, (b) extent to which the procedures were implemented by schools, (c) effectiveness of the prereferral intervention procedures for maintaining students with handicaps in regular education, and (d) degree of prereferral intervention inservice training. In addition, LEA officials' perceptions regarding the prereferral intervention process were also examined. It was expected, in light of previous research, that the prereferral intervention mandate would decrease the numbers of students classified (a) mildly handicapped, (b) learning disabled, (c) behavior disordered, and (d) intellectually handicapped. Because there was no information to suggest otherwise, it was also expected that the mandate would fail to have a differential effect on rural and urban school districts and on the numbers of students classified as severely intellectually handicapped (control variable), whereas the degree of prereferral intervention inservice training provided teachers was expected to exert a systematic influence on the outcomes. Results of the evaluation showed that the prereferral intervention mandate failed to impact the numbers of students classified (a) mildly handicapped, (b) learning disabled, (c) behavior disordered, and (d) intellectually handicapped, and (e) severely intellectually handicapped (control variable). The mandate also failed to have a differential effect on rural and urban school districts. In addition, the results of the survey indicated that LEAs have implemented a variety of prereferral intervention procedures. However, within school districts, the number of schools implementing the procedures varied. LEA officials were uncertain whether the prereferral intervention procedures were effective or whether they should be maintained. LEA officials also indicated that teachers fail to benefit from their participation in the prereferral intervention process. Furthermore, they were uncertain whether the process is a bureaucratic hurdle and whether it should be maintained. (116 pages)

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Hulet, Ashley Burgess. "Student Evaluation of Mathematical Explanations in anInquiry-Based Mathematics Classroom." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5715.

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Students do not always evaluate explanations based on the mathematics despite their teacher's effort to be the guide-on-the-side and delegate evaluation to the students. This case study examined how the use of three features of the Discourse—authority, sociomathematical norms, and classroom mathematical practices—impacted students' evaluation and contributed to students' failure to evaluate. By studying three pre-service elementary school students' evaluation methods, it was found that the students applied different types of each of the features of the Discourse and employed them at different times. The way that the features of the Discourse were used contributed to some of the difficulties that the participants experienced in their evaluation of explanations. The results suggest that researchers in the field must come to believe that resistance to teaching methods is not the only reason for student failure to evaluate mathematical explanations and that authority is operating in the classroom even when the teacher is acting as the guide on the side. The framework developed for the study will be valuable for researchers who continue to use for their investigation of individual student's participation in mathematical activity.

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Hall, Courtney A. "Evaluation of pre-service teachers' perceptions of water resources concepts." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1339148.

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This study has examined the perceptions, knowledge and attitudes of pre-service teachers prior to and after a Project WET workshop within their science education and science methods courses at Ball State University. The attitudes and opinions of the pre-service teacher study group were compared to a pre-service teacher control group before and after the workshop. There is evidence to support that those who are exposed to Project WET will have increased knowledge and changed attitudes about water resources. This study found that teaching styles of instructors as well as the activities they choose can affect what is learned in a workshop by the participants. It was also found that pre-service teachers who participate in an environmental education workshop, such as Project WET, are more likely than those who do not participate in such a workshop to report that they felt more confident in their ability to teach science and that they plan to use the materials they received in the future.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

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Anchulee, Suwandee McCarthy John R. "Students' perceptions of university instructors' effective teaching characteristics in the faculty of science, Mahidol University." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1994. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9521342.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1994.
Title from title page screen, viewed April 13, 2006. Dissertation Committee: John R. McCarthy (chair), Ronald S. Halinski, Larry D. Kennedy, David L. Tucker. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Saltmarsh, David L. W. (David Lloyd William). "National review of nursing education : student expectations of nursing education." Canberra, A.C.T. : Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, 2001. http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/nursing/pubs/student_expect/1.htm.

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Kime, Stuart James Martin. "Student evaluation of teaching : can it raise attainment in secondary schools? : a cluster randomised controlled trial." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12267/.

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The effectiveness of teaching is cited as one of the most significant actors on students’ learning (Centra, 1993; Creemers, 1994; Marsh, Nagengast, Fletcher, & Televantou, 2011), yet the measurement of it is an imperfect and problematic activity, not least due to the lack of consensus over a definition of effective teaching and, consequently, no consistently-used measurement instrument(s) designed for the purpose (Chingos & Peterson, 2011; Goldhaber & Anthony, 2004; Kane, McCaffrey, Miller, & Staiger, 2013). This thesis describes a study designed to validate an instrument intended to capture secondary school students’ evaluation of teaching (SET) ratings in 36 UK schools during the 2012-13 academic year, and a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact on student progress of a peer-coached consultative feedback intervention for teachers. The thesis concludes that the SecondarySEEQ instrument is valid and reliable for the purpose of capturing AS and A Level students’ perceptions of the quality of teaching they receive from their teachers, a finding which adds weight to the case for SETs as a useful component of a diagnostic feedback system for teachers. I also conclude that the peer-coached intervention had a no detectable effect on student outcomes.

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Forbes, Ellen White. "Improving the knowledge and use of formative assessment a case study of a model of formative assessment in a K-3 science curriculum /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 139 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1362531011&sid=9&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lin, Xiaochun, and 林晓纯. "Perceptions of master of education students on evaluation of teaching : a study of the University of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209652.

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The student evaluation of teaching is a crucial method to evaluate the teaching effectiveness and widely used in most universities and colleges all over the world. There are large literatures related to the student evaluation of teaching. However, less research focused on the students and even the taught postgraduate students’ perceptions. As such, the purpose of the current study was to explore and understand the Master of Education students’ perceptions on the teaching evaluation. Specifically, this study set out to identify their expectations and motivations on the teaching evaluation. In total, 15 MEd students at the University of Hong Kong participated in individual interviews in an effort to identify their own opinions on the teaching evaluation including willingness, expectation and motivations, as well as the items of evaluation form. In doing so, the study revealed that most students were willing to do the evaluation, but they couldn’t get any follow up actions next. The motivations for them to rate teaching is that they believed the evaluations were meaningful and as a chance for them to express their personal ideas. Furthermore, the findings demonstrated that students’ evaluations were related to their expectation and personal feelings on the course and teachers.
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Tillman, Daniel. "An Evaluation of Student Use of Visualization Technology as an Addition to the Landscape Architecture Curriculum." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34926.

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Researchers are presently developing information visualization technologies, with one of their primary purposes being the assisting of educators in the teaching of students. This thesis examines whether this technology affects student learning and attitudes toward the learning experience. By presenting information to students using visualization technologies, the hypothesis was tested that learning would be facilitated and that attitudes would be affected positively. Students were asked to participate in a visualization exercise in which they experienced topographic maps presented in an animated digital medium. Some students observed the maps displayed on a computer monitor, or projected on a traditional movie-screen, while other students were involved in a virtual reality presentation through the I-Desk (single-wall CAVE), as well as the CAVE itself. From these results, a gauge of student reaction to the use of this technology was developed. In particular, it was discovered that students did learn to recognize plan view contour signatures after viewing 3-dimensional visualizations. In addition, students also reacted positively on a variety of attitude measures. Because of weaknesses in the research design these results cannot be generalized to the larger population of students. However, this information could be useful to researchers interested in further examining this field of study, as well as to instructors who wish to incorporate such visualization technology into their own teaching curriculums.
Master of Landscape Architecture

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Tremel, Shirley Lynn. "Investigating Student Understanding of the Law of Conservation of Matter." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/343.

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The purpose of this study was to gather information about how students learn the foundational concept of conservation of matter during a non-chemistry unit on the rock cycle. The unit covered the rock cycle, rock types, and the law of conservation of matter and took place in a sixth grade classroom of 30 students. A mixed methods, quasi-experimental, pre-post, delayed post design was used to measure student understanding of the concept of conservation of matter as it relates to the rock cycle. Students made significant learning gains from pre-test to post-test and showed mastery in less complex subject areas, but struggled to learn the more complex concept of conservation of matter. More research is needed in order to gain a greater understanding of how students learn difficult foundational concepts such as conservation of matter, and how they are able to apply their understanding across disciplines in science. This study offers suggestions for future work including a series of questions to assess student misconceptions about matter, and how to use those questions to measure students' ability to transfer knowledge to different learning contexts. The recommended questions ask students to transfer knowledge from the conservation of matter as it applies to the rock cycle to chemistry concepts including conservation of matter, mass and volume.

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Burrell, Jennifer N. "Student and Faculty Views of Important Elements of Teaching in Associate Level Allied Health Programs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2602.

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Teaching requires constant adapting, and need to continually reflect, and be ready to make changes when teaching elements may not prove effective. The purpose of this study was to examine faculty and student views of effective elements of teaching in an associate level allied health program. Surveys were collected from associate degree seeking allied health students and full-time faculty currently employed at a technical college in the northeastern region of the state of Georgia. The results showed a high confidence level with little to no difference in mean confidence levels between faculty and student responses on 15 Likert-scaled questions. Two open-ended questions showed little difference as well with faculty and students having similar responses when asked their preferred teaching/learning method. Results of this study will help to improve educational instruction for allied health programs.

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Hobbs, Klinton E. "Advances in Student Self-Authorship: A Program Evaluation of the Community Standards Model." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/440.

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Universities are increasingly applying student developmental theories in a variety of contexts in order to better understand students and to accomplish institutional educational objectives. Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental theory has been utilized in the creation of the Community Standards Model, a program designed for use in university residence halls. The purpose of the Model is to promote student development from Kegan's third order of consciousness, in which student identity is based on a fusion of their peers' expectations and ideas, to the fourth order of consciousness, in which one becomes the author of his or her own values, beliefs, and ideals. The Community Standards Model has been in place in Brigham Young University-Provo residence halls since 2000, yet no studies have been done to determine its effects. The present study examined the development of student self-authored identity as it occurred during the implementation of the Community Standards Model at BYU-Provo. The Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Inventory was used to evaluate student development across three general developmental tasks. Two populations were sampled: students at BYU-Provo residence halls, where the Model was practiced, and students from BYU-Idaho residence halls, where the Model was not practiced. Students were tested at the beginning and at the end of the 2004-2005 academic school year. Split plot ANOVAs were conducted and no significant interactions were found for any of the three task scores. This study did not detect any significant differential effects with regard to student developmental task achievement that could be attributed to the Community Standards Model. Study results indicated that the Community Standards Model may not fit well at BYU. Many reasons exist as to why the Model may not promote student self-authored identity at BYU, including a mismatch between the Model's emphasis on self-determination of values and ideals and the institution's imposition of certain behavioral and belief standards. However, the Model may have beneficial effects in other areas, such as the development of community. Further research is needed to more fully understand which effects, if any, the Community Standards Model is having at BYU.

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Foster, Linda Jean. "Is concept mapping an effective tool for evaluation of student learning in science?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1838.

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Concept mapping is a metacognitive learning strategy which often improves a learner's ability to construct new knowledge. This action research project was intended to determine the level of effectiveness of concept mapping as a student learning intervention. Students in two high school science classes constructed concept maps before and after instruction during a unit of study about volcanoes. The maps were analyzed for increases in complexity and indications of learning. The concept maps were then compared for differences by groups based on volcano unit test scores. Based on the analysis of the matched pairs of concept maps, those maps which contained a higher amount of prior knowledge of the subject matter were associated with maps which showed greatest amount of increase in knowledge after instruction. These results are supported by the many researchers who contend that the most important factor in learning new information and gaining new knowledge is the amount of prior knowledge a learner brings into the learning situation. The results of this action research project will be applied to the development of future science courses by this researcher.

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Chovanová, Katarina, Gembický, Kamil, and Luise Nern. "Conclusion for future teaching." Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6581/.

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1. Introduction 2. Questionnaire 3. Using the assignments in the future 4. Helpful experiences for future teaching 5. Value of the project for future job 6. Value of the project for future life 7. Conclusion Appendix

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Knoops, Femke, Fethiye Erbil, and Mustafa Ertürk. "Teaching patterns and trends." Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6584/.

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1. Outline 2. Definition 3. Why is it important (or not) to teach about patterns and trends? What are the strengths and weaknesses of teaching patterns and trends? 4. How were patterns and trends offered in the original assignments? 5. What did the student teacher change in practice? How did it go? 6. Suggestions for improving patterns and trends

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Beemt, Martijn van den, Muhammed Çinkaya, Didem Tuğçe Erdem, and Robert Janssen. "Conclusion for future teaching." Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6588/.

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Ransom, Whitney. "Faculty and Student Perceptions of the Effects of Mid-Course Evaluations on Learning and Teaching." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3169.pdf.

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Sparks, John S. "Syntactic complexity, error and the holistic evaluation of ESL student essays." PDXScholar, 1988. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3842.

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This study was designed to test five hypotheses in order to answer the following general research questions: 1) Are measures of syntactic complexity valid indices of ESL writing quality as measured by the holistic rating of student essays? 2) Would a measure of frequency and seriousness of error reflect evaluators' perceptions of ESL writing quality?

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Bradley, Erika H. "Teaching Experience and Perceived Challenges For School Administrators Regarding Job Stress, Respect, Student Achievement, Assessment & Evaluation, and Professional Development." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2307.

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The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate whether an administrators’ professional teaching background and years of administrative experience influence their perceptions of the opportunities and challenges they face guiding the improvement of teaching and learning. Specifically this research analyzed administrators’ perceptions of level of stress, respect among colleagues and school community, professional development, student achievement, and assessment and evaluation. Participants in this study consisted of Tennessee and North Carolina principals, assistant principals, and associate principals within a 60 mile radius of the East Tennessee State University campus. Data were collected through an online survey system, Survey Monkey. The survey was distributed to 274 administrators that resulted in a 44.5% response rate with 122 administrators completing the survey. Sixteen questions from the survey were measured on a 5-point Likert scale. The results concluded that administrators’ teaching backgrounds and years of administrative experience had no significant effect on their perceptions of level of stress, respect among colleagues and school community, professional development, student achievement, and assessment and evaluation.

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Mankowski, Andrew James. "Do "Clickers" Improve Student Engagement and Learning in Secondary Schools?" PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/144.

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There is a need in classrooms to engage students and maintain their interest in course content. A recent type of interactive technology, known as a "clicker," has shown potential to increase student engagement, performance, and participation in the classroom when used effectively. Peer instruction, a type of student to student interaction in which pairs or small groups of students discuss their answers to questions before responding, is often used in conjunction with clickers, and may account for the perceived effectiveness of these tools. The purpose of this study is to determine the clicker's effectiveness in increasing learning and increasing student engagement in secondary classrooms, while controlling for their use during peer instruction. Two classrooms were examined (n ~ 15 for each classroom) in which 1 classroom used clickers integrated with peer instruction activities, while the other classroom only did the peer instruction activities. The findings of this study showed no significant difference in student learning, a small increase in student engagement, and a positive student reaction to the clicker's potential and use in the classroom.

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Guohua, Pan, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Student and teacher perceptions of the authenticity, validity and experiential groundedness of English as a second language (ESL) evaluation : a program case study." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1997, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/87.

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This thesis explores and discusses the current practice of English as a Second Language (ESL) evaluation primarily in terms of validity, authenticity, and experiential groundedness. The researcher endeavours to apply theories of ESL evaluation to actual practice, analyzing the differences or harmonization between with regard to validity, authenticity, experiential groundedness and some other factors identified as being important in evaluation in language acquisition situations, particularly CRTs, NRTs, foramtive and summative evaluations. Ethnographic inquiry is used for obtaining data. A program case study, a technique of qualitative research, is used for this study. The purpose is to gather some genuine data from the interviewees which are real and revealing, thus enabling the researcher to gain particular insights relative to the aims of his study. The analysis aspires to give voice to interviewee's on ESL evaluation in terms of validity, authenticity, and experiential groundedness, along with other factors noted above. This report sets out to determine how or if validity, authenticity, and experiential groundedness, along with some other factors identified above, are integrated elements of an efficient and effective ESL evaluation. Such was found to ve the case and it was also found that these can be reinforced by guaranteeing that an evaluation targets its population closely, adopting real-life approaches and, establishing linkages between evaluation and prior knowledge and skills.
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Dyer, Brian Jay. "How Does Student Understanding of a Concept Change Throughout a Unit of Instruction? Support Toward the Theory of Learning Progressions." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1528.

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This study documented the changes in understanding a class of eighth grade high school-level biology students experienced through a biology unit introducing genetics. Learning profiles for 55 students were created using concept maps and interviews as qualitative and quantitative instruments. The study provides additional support to the theory of learning progressions called for by experts in the field. The students' learning profiles were assessed to determine the alignment with a researcher-developed learning profile. The researcher-developed learning profile incorporated the learning progressions published in the Next Generation Science Standards, as well as current research in learning progressions for 5-10th grade students studying genetics. Students were found to obtain understanding of the content in a manner that was nonlinear, even circuitous. This opposes the prevailing interpretation of learning progressions, that knowledge is ascertained in escalating levels of complexity. Learning progressions have implications in teaching sequence, assessment, education research, and policy. Tracking student understanding of other populations of students would augment the body of research and enhance generalizability.

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Tsui, Chung-kwan Paul. "An evaluation of classroom management through expert-novice comparison : a case study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17947455.

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Troxell, Laura H. "Interventions to improve eighth-grade student achievement in mathematics at a middle school." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 4.08 Mb., 67 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:3200554.

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Tan, Christina P. L. "What academic advisors need to provide better student support : lessons from a Malaysian medical school." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17832.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Academic support programmes have an important part to play in addressing the needs of students experiencing difficulties. A quality assurance exercise by the national accreditation body highlighted the fact that academic staff involved in non-academic counselling had no prior training. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the academic advisor programme in a Malaysian medical school from the academic advisors’ perspective in order to determine their understanding of their role, their experiences and needs. Method: Focus group discussions (FGDs) involving 10 academic advisors were conducted using a semi-structured interview schedule. Results: Study participants demonstrated some instinctive understanding of their role (especially as role models in their professional development) although they did not have clear guidelines. They strongly expressed a need for training in counselling skills and better administrative support. There was some reluctance to undertake the task of academic advising as there were no perceived rewards or incentives. Conclusions: The training of academic advisors needs to be addressed in faculty development programmes. Strong institutional administrative support is important with efficient channels of communication to academic advisors on student performance and other relevant information. Teaching activities need due institutional recognition and reward.
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Jones, James McKernon. "Performance Evaluation of Community College Management Instructors Using Student Achievement as the Criterion." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331897/.

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This study concerns the relationship between student evaluation of instruction and student achievement in the field of management at the community college level. Purposes of the study were to determine the subjective student evaluation of instructor performance in introductory classes of management, student achievement in the class upon completion of the course, and the relationship between the student evaluation of instructor performance and student achievement in knowledge of the course. The population studied was all 10 sections of the Principles of Management course taught by 8 instructors at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas during the fall semester of 1988. A pretest-posttest design was used to determine student achievement scores. The College Board provided sufficient copies of two versions of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests for Introduction to Management for the pretest and posttest. A special statistical technique using multiple regression was used to calculate an achievement score for each student that was adjusted for entry level knowledge. Student evaluations of instructor performance were paired with the achievement scores and grades students received from the instructor. Additional confidential demographic data was obtained about the students and the instructors. Major findings of the study concluded there is no significant relationship between the student achievement scores and student evaluation of instructor performance. There was a wide variance in correlation of student grades and student achievement scores when individual sections or individual instructors were examined. The overall correlation of grades and achievement scores was statistically significant and was the highest of any of the factors studied. The study recommends using more objective measures of student achievement in evaluating faculty performance.

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Hodges, Kenneth W. "Evaluation of a Supplemental Kinesthetic-Based Reading Program for Disabled Students." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1685.

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This research study addressed the need for an evaluation of the effectiveness of teacher-written supplemental reading lesson plans for elementary students with significant disabilities. The participating elementary school implemented the supplemental kinesthetic-based reading program in the 2010â??2011 school year in order to improve the reading test scores of these disabled students. The theories of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences and Maria Montessori's individualized learning process guided this research. The research question focused on exploring the effectiveness of the lesson plans. Participants included 6 students and their parents, 3 teachers, and 1 principal. Closed- and open-ended survey responses were collected from each participant, and 3 classroom observations were completed. Through descriptive analysis of student assessment scores and closed-ended stakeholder survey questions, and inductive analysis of an open-ended stakeholder questionnaire and classroom observations, these themes emerged: (a) positive effects on lessons, (b) opportunities for refining the collaborative process, and (c) negative effects of collaboration. After further analysis and review of related literature, the program evaluation recommendations of this study included: (a) improving the content of each lesson through the use of lesson study and (b) developing long-term professional development in which teams of teachers collaboratively plan, research, and study their lesson delivery as a way to determine how students learn best. The evaluation and recommendations emerging from this study could lead to positive social change by emphasizing that it is vital for teachers of exceptional students to tailor their instructional delivery strategies to meet the specific reading instructional needs of children with significant disabilities.

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Paterson, Karina. "Good practice for formative assessment and feedback in statistics courses." Connect to e-thesis, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/623/.

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Thesis (MSc(R)) - University of Glasgow, 2008.
MSc(R) thesis submitted to the Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, 2008. Includes bibliographical references. Print version als available.

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