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Beitzel, Brian D. – Journal of Research in Education, 2013
The Student Response to Faculty Instruction (SRFI) is an instrument designed to measure the student perspective on courses in higher education. The SRFI was derived from decades of empirical studies of student evaluations of teaching. This article describes the development of the SRFI and its psychometric attributes demonstrated in two pilot study…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness, Psychometrics
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Anthis, Kristine – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
Previous research on the effectiveness of clickers has found their use to be positively associated with exam scores but not without methodological issues that hinder the conclusions that can be drawn. To address these limitations, the current studies isolated the effects of clickers from the effects of questions presented with clickers. Study 1…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices
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Gormally, Cara; Brickman, Peggy; Lutz, Mary – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
Life sciences faculty agree that developing scientific literacy is an integral part of undergraduate education and report that they teach these skills. However, few measures of scientific literacy are available to assess students' proficiency in using scientific literacy skills to solve scenarios in and beyond the undergraduate biology classroom.…
Descriptors: Testing, Biology, Undergraduate Study, Educational Change
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Shi, Jia; Wood, William B.; Martin, Jennifer M.; Guild, Nancy A.; Vicens, Quentin; Knight, Jennifer K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
We have developed and validated a tool for assessing understanding of a selection of fundamental concepts and basic knowledge in undergraduate introductory molecular and cell biology, focusing on areas in which students often have misconceptions. This multiple-choice Introductory Molecular and Cell Biology Assessment (IMCA) instrument is designed…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Student Evaluation, Cytology, Biology
Hardison, Chaitra M.; Vilamovska, Anna-Marie – RAND Corporation, 2009
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is a measure of how much students' critical thinking improves after attending college or university. This report illustrates how institutions can set their own standards on the CLA using a method that is appropriate for the CLA's unique characteristics. The authors examined evidence of reliability and…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Evaluation Methods, Research Reports, Critical Thinking
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Bruinsma, M.; Jansen, E. P. W. A. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
Several factors in the H. J. Walberg Educational Productivity Model, which assumes that 9 factors affect academic achievement, were examined with a limited sample of 1st-year students in the University of Groningen. Information concerning 8 of these factors--grades, motivation, age, prior achievement, home environment, support from peers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Validation, Item Analysis, Models