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Download full textLi, Dan; Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2019
Teacher clarity is widely considered an essential element of effective teaching and student success. The same holds true in the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction system (SRI). On Diagnostic Feedback (DF), the item "Explained course material clearly and concisely," which IDEA considers a measure of teacher clarity, has consistently been…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Evaluation
Benton, Stephen L.; Li, Dan – IDEA Center, Inc., 2019
Periodically, articles reporting research on student ratings of instruction (SRI), aka student evaluations of teaching, appear in the higher-education press. This literature often summarizes studies that challenge the validity and reliability of SRI. However, before drawing a conclusion about a quantitative study touted in the media, readers…
Descriptors: Credibility, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Li, Dan; Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2017
In the study evaluated in this report, the authors asked what effect survey length has on student non-response rates to individual items on IDEA's "Diagnostic Feedback" (DF) and "Learning Essentials" (LE) forms. The approach was to analyze individual student ratings of classes contained in the 2015-2016 IDEA-CL database.…
Descriptors: Response Rates (Questionnaires), Student Surveys, Test Length, Test Items
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Direct linkLi, Dan; Benton, Stephen L.; Barr, Jason J. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study investigated whether instructor gender interacts with academic discipline group on student ratings of instruction in post-secondary classes. Specifically, we examined gender differences between discipline groups representing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and non-STEM fields, as well across STEM fields.…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Gender Differences, Intellectual Disciplines, STEM Education
Benton, Stephen L.; Young, Suzanne – IDEA Center, Inc., 2018
Effective instructor evaluation is complex and requires the use of multiple measures--formal and informal, traditional and authentic--as part of a balanced evaluation system. The student voice, a critical element of that balanced system, is appropriately complemented by instructor self-assessment and the reasoned judgments of other relevant…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Feedback (Response), Teacher Improvement
Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2019
IDEA's Teaching Essentials (TE) is a useful tool for gathering student feedback on how frequently an instructor exhibits each of seven behaviors that correlate most highly with student perceptions of course and teaching excellence. TE is appropriate for instructors who desire quick, sound student feedback on (a) displaying personal interest in…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Competencies
Li, Dan; Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2017
Despite the nearly equal gender ratio of faculty members in the United States (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016), women are still underrepresented in certain STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields (Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, 2015). Also, women tend to hold lower academic…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Women Faculty, Gender Differences
Benton, Stephen L.; Ryalls, Kenneth R. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2016
Data from student ratings of instruction (SRI) are used ubiquitously as a key element in providing instructors with valuable feedback and evaluators with critical student input. Nonetheless, calls for the elimination of SRI continue to appear in academic journals and higher education periodicals. This paper brings to bear the huge body of research…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evidence, Educational Benefits
Analysis of IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction System 2015 Pilot Data. IDEA Technical Report No. 19
Li, Dan; Benton, Stephen L.; Brown, Ron; Sullivan, Patricia; Ryalls, Kenneth R. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2016
This report describes statistical analyses performed on data collected in the Spring of 2015 from the pilot study of proposed revised and new items in the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction (SRI) system. Described are the methods employed, results obtained, and decisions made in selecting items for the updated instruments. The procedures occurred…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Rating Scales, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Course Evaluation
Benton, Stephen L.; Li, Dan – IDEA Center, Inc., 2015
Most institutions of higher education have some system in place for collecting student ratings of instruction (SRI) data from classes on a systematic basis. SRIs are a relatively simple way of gauging student perceptions of teaching and the course. Since the initial development of IDEA SRI in 1975, much has changed about higher education. Many…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Rating Scales, Test Reliability
Revising the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction System 2002-2011 Data. IDEA Technical Report No. 18
Benton, Stephen L.; Li, Dan; Brown, Ron; Guo, Meixi; Sullivan, Patricia – IDEA Center, Inc., 2015
This report describes the processes undertaken to revise the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction (SRI) system. The previous revision occurred in 1999, as described in IDEA Technical Report No. 11, "Revising the IDEA System for Obtaining Student Ratings of Instructors and Courses" (Hoyt, Chen, Pallett, & Gross, 1999). The procedures…
Descriptors: Review (Reexamination), Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Rating Scales, Test Items
Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2010
Since 2002, the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction system has been available through an online survey delivery system -- IDEA Online. Initially, online survey administration was used primarily for online courses. However, the use of online surveys has increased each year in both online and traditional courses. This report summarizes findings from…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Conventional Instruction, Online Courses, College Students
Benton, Stephen L.; Webster, Russell; Gross, Amy B.; Pallett, William H. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2010
This report summarizes analyses performed on IDEA student ratings of instruction collected in traditional (i.e., on-campus) and online courses from 2002 to 2008. Only classes utilizing online survey delivery and identified exclusively as either traditional (N = 5,272) or online (N = 13,416) were included. Classes were removed until all…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Course Evaluation, Conventional Instruction
