EXTENDING THE DOMAIN
OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENT
 

We are grateful for the $4800 Rutgers University Teaching and Curriculum Evaluation grant to Dr. Ronald E. Rice, Dr. Lea Stewart, Dr. Linda Lederman, and Dr. Brent Ruben, awarded by Dr. Susan Forman, Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education, 18 Bishop Place, College Ave. Campus.
We appreciate the initial motivation, and comments, from Dr. Brent Ruben, Professor II and Director of the Rutgers University Office of Quality and Communication Improvement, and his office's help in preparing the survey mailing. We thank Dr. Ed Martin and his MCIS class for participating in the pilot survey.  We also appreciate the help provided by the Office of the Ph.d. Program in Communication, Information and Library Studies for help in preparing labels and envelopes.  Special thanks to Dorothy Salvatori for conducting the telephone interviews.

RONALD E. RICE
Arthur N. Rupe endowed Chair, Dept. of  Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020
Ph: 805-893-8468; Fax: 805-893-7102
rrice@comm.ucsb.edu; http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm

Initial background literature review and reading summaries by

MICHELE HUJBER
SCILS MCIS Graduate, and
Publications Coordinator, Cook College/New Jerse Agricultural Experiment Station,
Office of Communication and Public Affairs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 
 

LEA P. STEWART, Professor
LINDA LEDERMAN, Professor
School of Communication Information & Library Studies
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071
fax: 732-932-6916

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

PART I: OVERVIEW AND RESULTS

RUTGERS TEACHING AND CURRICULUM EVALUATION GRANT PROPOSAL

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Teaching Effectiveness Criteria
4. Teaching Effectiveness Stakeholders
5. Domain/Stakeholder Matrix
6. Project Outcomes
7. General Principles
8. Stakeholder Focus Groups and Survey
9. References

PILOT STUDY

1. Telephone Interviews
2. Procedure
3. Sampling
4. Results
5. Pilot Survey
6. Introduction
7. Descriptive Statistics for Pilot Survey Responses
8. Factor Analyses
9. Most Important Criteria When an Undergraduate
10. Most Important Criteria Now
11. Criteria That Should be Added to Evaluation Form

  FULL SURVEY

1. Preparation of Survey
2. Sampling and Response Rates
3. Results
4. Descriptive Statistics
5. Ranking of Criteria by Importance
6. Most Important Criteria
7. New Criteria Suggested by Respondents
8. Criteria That Should Be Added to Student Evaluation Form
9. Criteria Dimensions
10. Mean Scales Based on High-Loading Items on Eight Criteria Factors
11. Differences in Means for Eight Criteria Scales

PART II: BACKGROUND LITERATURE REVIEW

1. Introduction
2. Instructional Dimensions
3. How Dimensions Are Related to Student Learning
4. How Student Evaluations of Teaching Compare to Others’ Evaluations of Teaching
5. Factors That Do and Do Not Influence Ratings
6. Effective Uses of Student Evaluations
7. References

PART III: SELECTED READINGS SUMMARIZED

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