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Direct linkBurt, Gordon – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
A number of recent articles have claimed strong relationships--i.e., very high "proportions of shared variance"--between pairs of teaching and learning questionnaires. These claims have been the subject of debate and it has emerged that the proportion of shared variance is defined as the complement of Wilks' lambda. The present article argues that…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Test Items
Peer reviewedMahler, Sophia; Neumann, Lily – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1987
Smallest space analysis (SSA), a nonmetric multidimensional scaling procedure, was used to examine the effects of a four-day medical faculty workshop on the classroom verbal activities of medical faculty and students in an Israeli university. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNeufeld, Victor R. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1982
The nontraditional methods of teaching used in McMaster University's M.D. program pose problems for student assessment. Changes proposed for the system include a clearer statement of objectives that serve as the basis for assessment, improvement of measurement tools, and increased emphasis on the training of those who participate in assessment.…
Descriptors: Certification, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNevo, Baruch; Sfez, Janet – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
The use of a questionnaire to learn of student reactions to their own test behavior, perceived test characteristics, and several aspects of the testing situation for a university psychometric entrance examination is analyzed, and other practical applications of such tests are considered. The questionnaire is included. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedJordan, T. A.; Carter, G. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1986
It is argued that it is as necessary to gauge a student's interest in and respect for his/her learning as his/her skills and knowledge. Definitions of beliefs, attitudes, disposition, and motivation as they relate to measurement are proposed, and two measurement methods--systematic observation and a consequences questionnaire--are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Course Evaluation, Educational Attitudes, Evaluation Methods
Cann, Alan J. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
Extended matching sets questions (EMSQs) are a form of multiple-choice question (MCQ) consisting of a stem (the question or scenario) with an extended number of possible answers. Although there is no consensus on their absolute format, for the purpose of this paper a multiple-choice question with ten or more alternative answers is considered to be…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Computer Assisted Testing, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedSlimmer, Virginia M. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1983
A model for evaluation of ongoing college programs is presented that integrates six instruments for assessing constituent groups' satisfactions or dissatisfactions: a current student satisfaction survey, graduate survey, administrators' perception survey, transfer reason survey, questionnaire on the program's strengths and weaknesses and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
