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Guidelines to students on providing constructive feedback

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Academic Resources

Assessing Teaching Effectiveness and Student Feedback

Aleamoni, L. M. (1990). Faculty Development Research in Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: The Challenge. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education 3:193-195

Braskamp, L. A. (2000). Toward a more holistic approach to assessing faculty as teachers. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 83(fall), 19-34.

Braskamp, L. A. & Ory, J. C. (1994). Assessing faculty work: Enhancing individual and institutional performance. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.

Cashin, W. (1995). Student Ratings of Teaching: The Research Revisited. Paper 32. The IDEA Center (Individual Development & Educational Assessment).

Centra, J. A. (1993). Reflective faculty evaluation: Enhancing teaching and determining faculty effectiveness. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.

Diamond, R. M. (1999). Aligning faculty rewards with institutional mission: Statements, policies and guidelines. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.

Diamond, R. M. (2002). Serving on promotion, tenure and faculty review committees: A faculty guide (2nd ed.). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company Inc.

Diamond, R. M. & Adam, B. E. (Eds.). (1995). The disciplines speak: Rewarding the scholarly, professional and creative work of faculty. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.

Felder, R. (1992). What do they know, anyway? Chemical Engineering Education, 26(3), 134–135. URL: http://tinyurl.com/mb2p7

Feldman, K. A. (1989). The association between student ratings of specific instructional dimensions and student achievement: Refining and extending the synthesis of data form multisection validity studies. Research in Higher Education, 30, 583-645.

Feldman, K. A. (2007). Identifying exemplary teachers and teaching: Evidence from student ratings. In R. P Perry & J. C. Smart (Eds). The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education: An evidence-based perspective (pp. 93-143). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Glassick, C. E., Huber, M. T. & Maeroff, G. I. (1997). Scholarship assessed: Evaluation of the professoriate. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.

Huntley-Moore, S., & Panter, J. (2006). A practical manual for evaluating teaching in higher education. Dublin: AISHE.

Knapper, C. (2001). Broadening our approach to teaching evaluation. In C. Knapper, & P. Cranton, (Eds.). Fresh approaches to the evaluation of teaching (pp. 3-10). New Directions in Teaching and Learning, no. 88. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Knapper, C. & Wright, Alan W. (2001). Using portfolios to document good teaching: Premises, purposes, practices. Fresh approaches to the evaluation of teaching (pp. 19-29). New Directions in Teaching and Learning, no. 88. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Marsh, H. W. (2007). Students’ evaluation of university teaching: Dimensionality, reliability, validity, potential biases and usefulness. In R. P Perry & J. C. Smart (Eds). The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education: An evidence-based perspective (pp. 319-384). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Marsh, H. W. (1987). Students’ evaluation of university teaching: Research findings, methodological issues, and directions for future research. International Journal of Educational Research, 11, 253–388.

McKeachie, W, J. (2007). Good teaching makes a difference – And we know what it is. In R. P Perry & J. C. Smart (Eds). The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education: An evidence-based perspective (pp. 457-474). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Murray, H. G. (1980). Evaluating University Teaching: A Review of Research. Toronto, Canada: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association.

Seldin, P. (1999). Changing practices in evaluating teaching: A practical guide to improved faculty performance and promotion/tenure decisions. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.

Theall, M. (2007). The importance of developmental assessment. TLC’s Bi-weekly yip. Eastern Kentucky University. Accessed on May 15, 2008, at http://www.tlc.eku.edu/biweeklytip/

Theall, M., & Franklin, J. (2001). Looking for Bias in All the wrong Places: A Search for Truth or a Witch Hunt in Student Ratings of Instruction? , In M.Theall, , P. C. Abrami, & Lisa A. Mets (Eds.)The Student Ratings Debate: Are They Valid? How Can We Best Use Them? pp. 45-56) New Directions For Institutional Research, no. 109 San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Umbach, P. D. (2007). Faculty cultures and college teaching. In R. P Perry & J. C. Smart (Eds). The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education: An evidence-based perspective (pp. 263-317). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Developing Teaching Dossiers

Centre for Learning and Teaching Teaching Dossier Resources (includes a downloadable teaching dossier template)

University of Manitoba maintains a list of links on the teaching dossier: http://intranet.umanitoba.ca/academic_support/uts/resources/82.html

York University's Centre for the Support of Teaching lists an excellent collection of print and online resources on the evaluation of teaching at: https://www.yorku.ca/teachingcommons/teaching-dossier-support/

Teaching Evaluation

Angelo, T.A. & Cross, P.K. 1993. Classroom Assessment Techniques (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Braskamp, L. and Ory, J. 1994. Assessing Faculty Work: Enhancing Individual and Institutional Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Cashin, W. 1996. Developing an Effective Faculty Evaluation System. Idea Paper No. 33. Kansas State University. 

Centra, J. 1993. Reflective Faculty Evaluation: Enhancing Teaching and Determining Faculty Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Davis, B.G. 1993. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Glassick, Huber, & Maerfoll.1997. Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hoyt, D.P. and Pallett, W.H. 1999. Appraising Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Student Ratings. Idea Paper #36. Manhattan, KS: IDEA Center. 

Knapper, C. and Cranton, P. (Eds.) Fresh Approaches to the Evaluation of Teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 88, Winter 2001.

Ryan, K. (Ed.) Evaluating Teaching in Higher Education: A Vision for the Future. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 83, Fall 2000.

What kind of teacher are you? 1994. Centre for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University. Videotape, 14.5 minutes.