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Peer reviewedBraxton, John M.; Berger, Joseph B. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
A summary of articles on the relationship between faculty research and college teaching finds that faculty scholarship does not adversely affect teaching norms, teacher effectiveness, student cognitive development, or currency of course content. However, research activity affects two teaching dimensions detrimentally: rigor of course examinations…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conflict of Interest, Faculty Publishing, Faculty Workload
Peer reviewedBraxton, John M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
Three perspectives on the link between college faculty research and teaching effectiveness (null, conflict, and complementarily) are discussed, and empirical support for each is examined. Both null and complementarily perspectives receive modest affirmation, whereas the conflict perspective garners little support. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conflict of Interest, Faculty Publishing, Faculty Workload
Peer reviewedOlsen, Deborah; Simmons, Ada – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
A study at a research university on the relationship between faculty research productivity, specific instructional practices, and faculty-student contact found that faculty with strong research profiles did not avoid teaching low-level undergraduate courses, rely on lecture over active learning techniques, or use multiple-choice tests more often…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Instruction, Conflict of Interest
Peer reviewedBray, Nathaniel J.; And Others – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
A study examined the relationship between faculty research productivity and the importance faculty attach to the undergraduate education goal of knowledge breadth and to faculty accessibility to students. Differences between "hard" and "soft" disciplines were also assessed. Results indicate that there is no correlation between productivity and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Conflict of Interest
Peer reviewedSullivan, Anna V. Shaw – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
A study of 114 full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty of history, psychology, mathematics, and biology investigated the relationship between scholarly productivity and 4 norms of teaching. It was found that faculty recognize and acknowledge norms that support teaching, while simultaneously participating in expected research activities. In…
Descriptors: Biology, College Faculty, College Mathematics, College Science
Peer reviewedJohnson, Robert M., Jr. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
A study of 560 research university faculty of biology, chemistry, history, and psychology compared faculty publication rates of books and journal articles with the complexity of their exam questions. Results found that the teachers who published books and who published fewer articles asked more critical-thinking questions. It is suggested that…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, College Faculty, Conflict of Interest
