Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument
The current article presents the findings on the development of a student evaluation instrument in which course evaluation is directly tied to student learning outcomes. With a committee consisting of instructors from six distinct disciplines brought together as part of a working group for this purp...
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| description | The current article presents the findings on the development of a student evaluation instrument in which course evaluation is directly tied to student learning outcomes. With a committee consisting of instructors from six distinct disciplines brought together as part of a working group for this purpose, the instrument was developed utilizing research on the components of effective teaching and how these components impacted student learning. The instrument was tested at two time points, once via pen and paper (n=340 students) and the other online (n=2636 students). Factor Analysis resulted in one latent factor both times. The instrument also had high internal consistency reliability. Comparisons of individual student factors revealed a few variables significantly predicted ratings, but effect sizes were small. This work suggests an instrument has been created that assesses components of effective teaching, via the impact on student learning, and the ratings obtained are not highly influenced by individual factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c35c449c3c9f4f14a2198bbefa9e6ecd2022-12-22T01:23:51ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityInternational Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1931-47442011-01-015110.20429/ijsotl.2011.050111Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation InstrumentJeffrey SkowronekBruce FriesenHeather MasonjonesThe current article presents the findings on the development of a student evaluation instrument in which course evaluation is directly tied to student learning outcomes. With a committee consisting of instructors from six distinct disciplines brought together as part of a working group for this purpose, the instrument was developed utilizing research on the components of effective teaching and how these components impacted student learning. The instrument was tested at two time points, once via pen and paper (n=340 students) and the other online (n=2636 students). Factor Analysis resulted in one latent factor both times. The instrument also had high internal consistency reliability. Comparisons of individual student factors revealed a few variables significantly predicted ratings, but effect sizes were small. This work suggests an instrument has been created that assesses components of effective teaching, via the impact on student learning, and the ratings obtained are not highly influenced by individual factors.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol5/iss1/11Student evaluation instrumentStudent learning outcomes |
| spellingShingle | Jeffrey Skowronek Bruce Friesen Heather Masonjones Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Student evaluation instrument Student learning outcomes |
| title | Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument |
| title_full | Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument |
| title_fullStr | Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument |
| title_short | Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument |
| title_sort | developing a statistically valid and practically useful student evaluation instrument |
| topic | Student evaluation instrument Student learning outcomes |
| url | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol5/iss1/11 |
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