Continual Improvement of a Student Evaluation of Teaching over Seven Semesters at a State University

Autor/inn/en	Rates, Christopher; Liu, Xiufeng; Vanzile-Tamzen, Carol; Morreale, Cathleen
Titel	Continual Improvement of a Student Evaluation of Teaching over Seven Semesters at a State University
Quelle	(2017), (58 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; State Universities; College Students; Teacher Effectiveness; College Faculty; Test Content; Student Reaction; Test Items; Construct Validity; New York (Buffalo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatliche Universität; Collegestudent; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Fakultät; Testaufgabe; Schülerkritik; Test content
Abstract	In the fall of 2014, the University at Buffalo created a new universal Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET). The purpose of the present study was to establish the construct validity of SET items. Rasch analyses of data from 7 semesters (N=203,194 students) revealed problems with item fit indices and threshold distances. Changes to items and wording for each respective problem were implemented individually and improved item performance. Finally, follow-up student interview data were examined to provide further context for issues arising in the evaluation of college teaching, suggesting directions for future work. This study serves as an example of the need for continual data collection and item refinement during measure implementation to improve a SET validity argument. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01