creating effective course evaluations
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http://www.celt.iastate.edu/elearning/?p=6088Class Climate, the web-based course evaluation tool, helps measure an instructor’s achievements in teaching. To create well-designed, valid, reliable, and practical Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) questionnaires the instruments should:>> include open- and close-ended questions>> include intentional measures of both general instructor attributes (e.g. enthusiasm or effectiveness) and specific instructor behaviors (e.g. listening, providing feedback)>> use consistent scales (e.g., five-points, same direction, 1 = low, 5 = high) and a no-opinion option>> produce useful feedback to instructors that can inform their teaching>> can be completed thoughtfully within 10 to 15 minutesWhen developing course evaluations consider:>> How will the student evaluation information be used?>> Is it important to re-ask demographic information?>> What types of reports do we need for our department? for the College? for Promotion and Tenure?>> What types of questions will help achieve professional, departmental, and College goals?>> How will the findings help us departmentally to recruit students, and promote Iowa State University’s mission?Once these objectives have been defined the creation of the questionnaire will be easier to accomplish.TRANSCRIPT
Center for Excellence in Learning and Technology
Creating effective course evaluations
Laura Bestler, Instructional Support Specialist [email protected]
September 27, 2011
When developing a questionnaire think about:
• What to include…
• What to consider…
Include Open Questions
Ask Open Questions
What did you like BEST about this course?
What two things would you CHANGE about this course?
Questions about an instructor’s attributes
Clear expectations
Organized
Prepared
Knowledgeable
Consistent
Questions about an instructor’s behaviors
Listener
Respectful
Encouraging
Enthusiastic
Use Consistent Scales
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Very Poor Very Good
Very EffectiveVery Ineffective
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… and a No Opinion or Not Applicable option
Produce useful feedback to instructors
that can inform their teaching
Consider:
How will the information be used?
Promotion & Tenure
Program Review
Accreditation
Demographic information?
How will asking about student characteristics help?
Is the information elsewhere?
Consider: Types of Reports
Department?
Dean?
Provost?
Instructors?
Mission: Create, share, and apply knowledge to make Iowa and
the world a better place.
How will the findings SUPPORT the mission?
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Laura Bestler, Instructional Support Specialist