When students and teachers behave in ways that reinforce learning as a spectator sport, the result can often be a classroom and overall learning environment that is mostly limited to transmission of information and rote learning rather than deep approaches towards meaningful construction and application of knowledge. A group of college instructors…

This article describes the process of designing a SET (student evaluation of teaching) instrument that is mapped against good practices in undergraduate education. Research has shown that teachers can significantly impact student learning. But how do teachers (and academic administrators) know when their teaching is effective? How do they go about…