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Download full textLi, Dan; Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2019
Teacher clarity is widely considered an essential element of effective teaching and student success. The same holds true in the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction system (SRI). On Diagnostic Feedback (DF), the item "Explained course material clearly and concisely," which IDEA considers a measure of teacher clarity, has consistently been…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Evaluation
Li, Dan; Benton, Stephen L. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2017
Despite the nearly equal gender ratio of faculty members in the United States (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016), women are still underrepresented in certain STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields (Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, 2015). Also, women tend to hold lower academic…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Women Faculty, Gender Differences
Benton, Stephen L.; Ryalls, Kenneth R. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2016
Data from student ratings of instruction (SRI) are used ubiquitously as a key element in providing instructors with valuable feedback and evaluators with critical student input. Nonetheless, calls for the elimination of SRI continue to appear in academic journals and higher education periodicals. This paper brings to bear the huge body of research…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evidence, Educational Benefits
Benton, Stephen L.; Li, Dan – IDEA Center, Inc., 2015
Most institutions of higher education have some system in place for collecting student ratings of instruction (SRI) data from classes on a systematic basis. SRIs are a relatively simple way of gauging student perceptions of teaching and the course. Since the initial development of IDEA SRI in 1975, much has changed about higher education. Many…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Rating Scales, Test Reliability
Benton, Stephen L.; Webster, Russell; Gross, Amy B.; Pallett, William H. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2010
This report summarizes analyses performed on IDEA student ratings of instruction collected in traditional (i.e., on-campus) and online courses from 2002 to 2008. Only classes utilizing online survey delivery and identified exclusively as either traditional (N = 5,272) or online (N = 13,416) were included. Classes were removed until all…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Course Evaluation, Conventional Instruction
Hoyt, Donald P.; Lee, Eun-Joo – IDEA Center, Inc., 2002
Participants in the IDEA student rating system frequently ask whether or not results differ significantly among disciplines. Do disciplines emphasize different objectives? Do their students report similar levels of progress on objectives selected by the instructor? Do teaching "approaches" differ across disciplines? Do specific…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Students, Behavioral Objectives
