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Li, Zheng; Rubie-Davies, Christine Margaret – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This study was designed to investigate teacher expectation effects for intact student groups (rather than individuals) in tertiary settings, which have been little studied in the literature. The participants were 50 teachers and their 4617 first-year undergraduate students learning English as a foreign language at two universities in China.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Heng, Kreng – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2014
Research on the faculty impact on students' academic achievement has been disproportionately confined to the context of countries with developed higher education systems. Few studies have been undertaken in the developing world like Cambodia. This study employed hierarchical linear modeling to examine the relationships between faculty behaviors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Macfadyen, Leah P.; Dawson, Shane; Prest, Stewart; Gaševic, Dragan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) is now common practice across higher education, with the results used for both course improvement and quality assurance purposes. While much research has examined the validity of SETs for measuring teaching quality, few studies have investigated the factors that influence student participation in the SET…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Course Evaluation
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Jones, Curtis J. – Educational Policy, 2015
This study used a mixed-methods approach to explore the heterogeneity of effectiveness between supplemental educational services (SES) providers in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Using surveys of schools and SES providers, and statistical modeling, providers using college graduates and teachers as tutors were found to be more effective than…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Public Schools