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What's in a Grade? A Professor's Guide to Adjusting Scores on Student Assessments
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Kuhlthau, Kaitlin; Ruscio, John; Luce, Christine; Furey, Matthew – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2017
Grades serve many important purposes, and educators agree it is important to assign them accurately and fairly. Interviews with 100 professors across a broad range of academic disciplines at a mid-sized state college revealed little consensus on whether, when, or how to adjust scores when assigning grades. Their responses informed a review of…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Interviews, College Faculty, Scores
Using Research-Based Instruction to Improve Math Outcomes with Underprepared Students
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Pearce, Lee R.; Pearce, Kristi L.; Siewert, Daluss J. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2017
The authors used a mixed-methods research design to evaluate a multi-tiered system of supports model to address the disturbing failure rates of underprepared college students placed in developmental mathematics at a small state university. While qualitative data gathered from using Participatory Action Research methods directed the two-year…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Mathematics Instruction, College Readiness, College Students
Using Faculty Preference to Identify Disciplinary Pairs and Foster Collaboration
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Shaw, Mahauganee D.; Dumford, Amber D.; Cole, Eddie R.; Nelson Laird, Thomas F.; Haywood, Antwione M. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
Data from the 2010 administration of the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement were used to identify pairs of disciplines in which faculty want to be compared based on research practices, teaching practices, and perceptions of student engagement in academic activities. The goal of this study was to group disciplines by a method with which faculty…
Descriptors: Preferences, College Faculty, Intellectual Disciplines, Sociometric Techniques
"Thanks for Asking": Adjunct Faculty Members' Views of Effective Teaching
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Komos, Michael – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
This study examined the characteristics of effective teaching as perceived by undergraduate adjunct faculty members in a large proprietary university. Three factors were identified through an exploratory factor analysis: Regard for the Student, Instructor Competence, and Instructional Proficiency. The author concludes that additional studies are…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Faculty-Preferred Strategies to Promote a Positive Classroom Environment
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Black, Laurel Johnson; Wygonik, Mindy L.; Frey, Barbara A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify the frequency and seriousness of disruptive student behaviors and the effective strategies used by educators to manage these classroom behaviors. At a mid-sized state university, 228 of 780 faculty members (29.2%) completed a 76-item survey. Results indicated that as faculty members' participation in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Classroom Environment, Change Strategies
Stepping Up: How One Faculty Learning Community Influenced Faculty Members' Understanding and Use of Active-Learning Methods and Course Design
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O'Meara, KerryAnn – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2007
The author assesses what effects the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Teacher Education Collaborative (STEMTEC) Faculty Fellows learning community program had over the course of an academic year on fellows' familiarity with and use of active-learning methods and course design. Based on surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations, and…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Familiarity, Active Learning, Interviews