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Kinds of Keys of student ratings of faculty teaching effectiveness

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Three substudies of effects of different formats on student ratings of faculty teaching effectiveness were conducted. One substudy, Kinds of Keys, investigated three main kinds of keys: Agreement, Evaluation, and Needs Improvement. The second, NO TUP, investigated numbers of positive rating categories. The third, Item Wording Direction, investigated the same items worded positively, negatively, and neutrally, respectively. Practically important differences in level of ratings obtained in Kinds of Keys and practically and statistically significant differences obtained in NO TUP and Item Wording Direction. It was concluded that additional research is necessary to determine if apparent differences in teaching effectiveness are actually differences in teaching effectiveness or differences due to the methods of measurement.

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  1. College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

    John Follman, Manny Lucoff, Leslie Small & Fred Power

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Follman, J., Lucoff, M., Small, L. et al. Kinds of Keys of student ratings of faculty teaching effectiveness. Res High Educ 2, 173–179 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00991297

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