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Nina Zipser; Lisa Mincieli – Studies in Higher Education, 2025
This paper presents a framework for utilizing Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET) in faculty evaluations. Recognizing the ongoing debate about the validity of SET as a measure of teaching effectiveness, the authors agree with scholars who propose viewing SET as a tool for gauging 'student perceptions of learning'. They present a method that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Criteria
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Daniella Winter; Yoram Braw – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2022
Background: The current study aimed to validate the utility of previously established validity indicators derived from MOXO-d-CPT's continuous performance test. Method: Healthy simulators feigned impairment after searching online for relevant information, an ecologically valid coaching condition (n = 39). They were compared to ADHD patients (n =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Computer Simulation
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Smithson, John; Birks, Melanie; Harrison, Glenn; Nair, Chenicheri Sid; Hitchins, Marnie – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine current approaches to interpretation of student evaluation data and present an innovative approach to developing benchmark targets for the effective and efficient use of these data. Design/Methodology/Approach: This article discusses traditional approaches to gathering and using student feedback…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Data, Evaluation Utilization, College Students
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Yun, Zee-Sun; Frazier, Barbara J. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2016
This paper presents a framework for program assessment and a case study in assessment for a university clothing and textile program in family and consumer sciences. Assessment activities and the process implemented by the Textile and Apparel Studies (TAS) major at Western Michigan University are explained. The process adopts the International…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Programs, Clothing, Textiles Instruction
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Grassian, D. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
The author argues that while outcomes assessment may be an imperfect process, if completed in a systematic and deliberative manner, it can help determine the overall direction, culture, and success of an academic department. Most important, assessment can spark meaningful pedagogical and curricular discussions that can lead to substantive academic…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Utilization, Accountability
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Palmer, Stuart – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
Student evaluation of teaching is commonplace in many universities and may be the predominant input into the performance evaluation of staff and organisational units. This article used publicly available student evaluation of teaching data to present examples of where institutional responses to evaluation processes appeared to be educationally…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Problems
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Hamilton, Laura S. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
Cynthia Coburn and Erica Turner have made an important contribution by developing a framework to synthesize the various strands of research and theory related to data use in schools. The framework illustrates the complexity of the pathways between the adoption of a data-use intervention and the attainment of desired outcomes, and it clarifies the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, Educational Environment, Educational Experience
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Rose, L. Todd; Fischer, Kurt W. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The focus article by Coburn and Turner (this issue) seeks to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding data use in the context of data-use interventions. This commentary focuses on what the authors see as a glaring omission in what is otherwise a valuable framework: the issue of "useful data." It is their contention that the usefulness…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
Friedman, Daniel B. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Curriculum Implementation
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Williams, Ross – Australian Universities' Review, 2008
University rankings are having a profound effect on both higher education systems and individual universities. In this paper we outline these effects, discuss the desirable characteristics of a good ranking methodology and document existing practice, with an emphasis on the two main international rankings (Shanghai Jiao Tong and THES-QS). We take…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Evaluation Criteria, Classification, Comparative Analysis