This study considered the importance of professionalism in university faculty performance since effective learning has its basis in superior instructional and professional competence of teachers. The purpose of the study was to suggest a hybrid model of faculty effectiveness evaluation based on the perceptions of higher education students…

In the social sciences, latent traits often have a hierarchical structure, and data can be sampled from multiple levels. Both hierarchical latent traits and multilevel data can occur simultaneously. In this study, we developed a general class of item response theory models to accommodate both hierarchical latent traits and multilevel data. The…

A major criticism of student evaluations of teaching is that they do not reflect student perspectives. Using critical incidents job analysis, students identified nine teaching effectiveness competencies: communication, availability, creativity, individual consideration, social awareness, feedback, professionalism, conscientiousness and…

Based on the review of student ratings myths by Aleamoni (1987, 1999), a survey research design was used to analyse differences between college students' (n = 968) and faculty's (n = 34) perceptions. Generally, students held stronger beliefs in these myths, in that they believed faculty with excellent publication records were better qualified to…

Purpose: This paper aims to establish an 11-step "improvement decision model" to enhance learning satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: This model integrates Kano's model and the relevant concepts for decision making, and puts forward an "improvement decision diagram and principles". This paper also establishes…

Abrami and d'Apollonia dispute previous findings of the multidimensionality of students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness, but their analysis has several weaknesses, particularly in the failure to distinguish between exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Support for the multidimensional perspective remains strong. (SLD)

This paper describes Southwest Texas State University's Communication Lab, which includes a general office, two large rooms with videotaping and playback capabilities, and three rooms with individual computers and is used by students enrolled in public speaking, small group communication, and interpersonal communication classes. The paper presents…

The validity of students' evaluations of university teacher effectiveness must be demonstrated through a construct validation approach. Empirical relations between students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness (such as the Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality instrument) and other indicators of effective teaching are examined. (SLD)

The reliability, long-term stability, and generalizability of student ratings of teacher effectiveness are discussed. The Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) instrument is examined from these perspectives. The multidimensionality of student response to such evaluation instruments must be recognized. (SLD)

Methodological problems have so biased the search for potential biases in student ratings of university teachers that the search itself has approximated a witch hunt. Meta-analysis and systematic review are required for more accurate estimates of the size of effects that have been reported and the conditions under which they were found. (SLD)

A paradigm is described for studying the applicability of two North American instruments (the Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality and Frey's Endeavor) to other countries. Factor analyses of studies in Australia, Spain, and Papua New Guinea support the generality of the instruments' factors to the educational contexts of other countries.…

Describes a teacher's efforts to ascertain the level of challenge perceived by his eighth-grade students. Enumerates five starting point questions to ascertain student opinion: (1) adequacy of academic challenge; (2) appropriateness of homework quantity; (3) homework quality; (4) self rating of individual quality of effort; and (5) academic hopes…

Findings and research designs used to study university students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness are reviewed. A construct validation approach which recognizes the multidimensionality of both effective teaching and students' evaluations is recommended for further research. (BS)

Describes research that led to the development of Students' Evaluations of Educational Quality (SEEQ), an instrument and program for collecting students' evaluations of college and university teaching. Indicates that SEEQ measures nine distinct components of teaching effectiveness identified in both student ratings and faculty self-evaluations.…

The applicability of a Chinese translation of the Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) (H. W. Marsh, 1982 and later) and the generality of findings based on North American research were studied with 844 students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Results support the use of the SEEQ in this Chinese setting. (SLD)