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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Assessing the Scholarship of Teaching: Valid Decisions from Valid Evidence.
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Theall, Michael; Centra, John A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2001
Illustrates how the scholarship of teaching could be assessed, recognized, and rewarded, addressing both formative and summative evaluations. Addresses the question of who should determine the standards and criteria by which to review and critique the scholarship of teaching and whether studies in the scholarship of teaching should be required to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
Evaluating the Teaching Portfolio: A Role for Colleagues.
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Centra, John A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2000
The teaching portfolio has been promoted as a vehicle for collecting and documenting information about an individual's teaching performance. The problem of how best to assess the information has not yet been addressed adequately. This article describes how a teacher's colleagues can provide assessments of portfolios. (JM)
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment
Identifying Exemplary Teachers: Evidence from Colleagues, Administrators, and Alumni.
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Centra, John A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
Research indicates that colleagues, administrators, students, and alumni have all identified similar general characteristics of effective college teachers and teaching and can make valid evaluations of individual teachers. A proposed process for identifying teaching award winners has two stages: (1) nomination using a rating and description form;…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alumni, College Faculty, College Instruction
Formative and Summative Evaluation: Parody or Paradox?
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Centra, John A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1987
Six evaluation methods are discussed: student ratings, colleague evaluations, definitions of good teaching, teacher-designed examinations, evaluation of research and scholarship, and the politics of evaluation. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
College Teaching: An Art or a Science?
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Centra, John A.; Bonesteel, Peggy – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1990
Research on college teaching supports classifying teaching as much an art as a science. The expectation that student evaluation of teachers can result in exact teacher rankings is unrealistic and stifles the artistry in teaching. However, current evaluation techniques can yield broader classifications of effectiveness and help improve instruction.…
Descriptors: Classification, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Improvement