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Article
Factors Underlying Effective College Teaching: What Students Tell Us
Mid-Western Educational Researcher
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Abstract
The researchers analyzed 28,000 student evaluations of faculty across 46 departments for one academic term. A 27-item instrument on which students rated faculty was used. One global item assessing overall instructor effectiveness was predicted most strongly by three items: namely, students' perception that the instructor was prepared, presented subject matter clearly, and was interesting. The predictors of students, perceiving that they "learned a lot" were the ratings on three items: the instructor was interesting, the course met the objectives, and the instructor was well-prepared. Being prepared and being interesting seem to be critical characteristics for university faculty in the classroom.
Inclusive pages
27-31
ISBN/ISSN
1056-3997
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 1995, Mid-Western Educational Researcher
Publisher
Mid-Western Educational Researcher
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Carolyn Ridenour and Stephen J. Blatt. "Factors Underlying Effective College Teaching: What Students Tell Us" Mid-Western Educational Researcher Vol. 8 Iss. 1 (1995) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carolyn_ridenour/17/
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