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Teaching Evaluations at TTU Using the IDEA Instrument
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Are Student Evaluations of Teaching Valid?
• Student evaluations can be influenced by communication skills and teaching style
• Students do not evaluate the accuracy of information presented
Yes, but realize -
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Teaching Evaluation Policy at TTU
•Untenured Faculty - Every Course
•Tenured Faculty - 2 courses per year
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Teaching Evaluation Instrumentused at Tennessee Tech Univ
• IDEA (Individual Development and Educational Assessment) www.idea.ksu.edu
• Developed at Kansas State University and disseminated to other universities in 1975
• Currently used by many institutions across the U.S.
• Continually improved through research and testing.
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Key Features of IDEA System
• Instructor selects teaching goals • Controls for extraneous variables
(e.g., motivation and class size)
• National database for comparisons• Adaptable to web-based instruction
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Students rate their progress in each course compared to other courses on goals such as
• Gaining Factual Knowledge• Learning to apply course material to solve
problems• Acquiring skills in working with others as a team• Learning to analyze and critically evaluate ideas• Developing creative capacities
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Effective Use of IDEA Depends on
• Selecting the appropriate form
• Selecting appropriate course goals
• Interpreting the results correctly
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Choosing the Long or Short Form
Form (long or short)
Course Section No. of Students
Admin. Date
Time & Place for Admin.
IDEA Teaching Evaluation Request
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Long Versus Short Form
• 18 core questions• 29 additional
methods/diagnostic questions
• 10 additional questions possible
• Space for student comments
• 18 core questions• 10 additional
questions possible• Space for student
comments
Long Short
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Differences in controlled variables
Long form• Class size
• Desire to take course regardless of who taught it
• Student effort not attributable to instructor
• Course difficulty not attributable to Instructor
Short form• Class size
• Desire to take course regardless of who taught it
• Student effort not attributable to instructor
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Selecting Objectives on the Faculty Information Form
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When to mark an objective as important or essential
Is this a significant part of thecourse?
Do I do something specific tohelp the students accomplishthis objective?
Does the student's progress onthis objective affect his or hergrade?
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Report Form
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Relationship Between Progress on Relevant Objectives and Excellence of Teacher
Excellence of Teacher
9080706050403020100Pro
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80
70
60
50
40
30
20
100
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Report Form
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Relationship Between Progress on Relevant Objectives and “How Hard Students Work”
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80
1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
Q# 37 "Worked Hard"
Observed
Linear
Progress on Relevant Objectives
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Suggestions to Help Improve Teaching Evaluations
• Select appropriate goals for the course.– Is this a significant part of the course?
– Do I do something specific to help the students accomplish this objective?
– Does the student’s progress on this objective affect his or her grade?
• Clearly explain goals at the beginning of course and frequently remind students of those goals. Include goals on syllabus.
• Monitor student’s progress on those goals and provide alternative opportunities for improvement on the goals.
• Don’t give tests that have to be dramatically curved.
• Don’t have evaluations completed immediately after giving a test. • Use active learning techniques.
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Teaching Evaluations & The QEP
• Improve Students’ critical thinking/real-world problem solving through the use of active learning strategies. with emphasis on
• Communication skills
• Teamwork skills
• Creative thinking
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Frequency IDEA Objectives SelectedFrequency IDEA Objectives are Selected by Instructors
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Objective
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Progress on IDEA Objectives
TTU Progress on IDEA Objectives
38.0
40.0
42.0
44.0
46.0
48.0
50.0
52.0
Objective
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ore
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Local Norms for Overall Progress on Objectives
http://iweb.tntech.edu/ideaevaluations/Norms.htm
Frequency IDEA Objectives are Selected and Overall Progress by Unit
http://www.tntech.edu/planning/Assessment/assessment.htm
Information about TTU QEP
http://www.tntech.edu/qep/
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Thank You
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