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Peer reviewedFollman, John; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1971
Investigates the effects of four typewriter faces and handwriting on the level and reliability of grades awarded to English themes. (DG)
Descriptors: College Students, Essays, Grading, Handwriting
Peer reviewedFollman, John; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1975
This study investigated the effects of the use of piles on the reliability and level of theme grades; and the effects of the number of grading categories on the reliability and level of theme grades, awarded to undergraduate English compositions. (CS)
Descriptors: Essays, Grade Equivalent Scores, Grading, Reliability
Follman, John – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1976
Three versions of a rating scale were compared for reliability and level of ratings. Results indicated that the wording of items influence these factors; that items should be written in order to maximize their meaning; and that response categories should be unique to each item. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Usage, Measurement Techniques, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedFollman, John; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Follman, John; Panther, Edward – Child Study Journal Monographs, 1974
Examines empirically the efficacy of utilizing Olympic diving and gymnastic scoring systems for grading graduate students' English compositions. Results indicated that such scoring rules do not produce ratings different in reliability or in level from conventional letter grades. (ED)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Evaluation Methods, Grading, Graduate Students
Download full textFollman, John; And Others – 1974
Three substudies of effects of different formats on student ratings of faculty teaching effectiveness were conducted. One substudy investigated Kinds of Keys, Agreement, Evaluation, and Needs Improvement. The second, NO TUP, (New Observation of Teaching of University Professor Rating Scale), investigated numbers of positive rating categories. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Measurement Techniques, Rating Scales
Follman, John; And Others – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
Reports a study to determine reader reliability of a research brief scoring system used in having students abstract research articles published in professional journals. Reliability estimates were found to be of sufficient strength to justify use of the system (included in the appendix) for individual student grading. (JT)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Research, Evaluation
Follman, John – 1983
The literature from 1973-1983 on student ratings of faculty teaching effectiveness is reviewed. Among the consistent findings over the decade are the following: high student rating scale reliability, the limited influence of instructor and student demographic variables on student ratings of teacher effectiveness, and faculty perceptions that…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedFollman, John – Child Study Journal, 1995
Reviews research on elementary school pupils' ratings of teacher effectiveness. Concludes adequate research exists to generalize that pupils can rate reliably, pupils may be no more vulnerable than others to rating leniency and halo, psychometric characteristics and factor structures of rating scales resemble those of college students,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research
