Assessing Teaching Effectiveness

An Indian Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID19378261
AuthorsDavid Watkins (0000-0002-3930-5990), Dora N Watkins (0009-0001-5468-9830, University of Hong Kong), Babu Thomas
Year1991
Volume16
Issue3
Pages185-198
Publication date1991-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAssessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0260-2938 • E-ISSN: 1469-297X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0260293910160302
OpenAlexW2015456130
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited29

>An investigation is reported which tests the applicability of two American instruments designed to assess tertiary students’ evaluations of teaching effectiveness with 111 Indian graduate students. The scales were found to have generally high internal consistency reliability coefficients, most of the items were seen to be appropriate, and every item was considered of importance by at least some of the students. In addition, all but the Workload/Difficulty items clearly differentiated between ‘good’ and ‘poor’ lecturers. Further analysis generally supported the convergent and discriminant validity of those scales hypothesised to measure similar or dissimilar components of effective teaching. However, this analysis did indicate more overlap between aspects of teaching skill and enthusiasm than evident in Western studies. Factor analysis confirmed this finding as a strong main factor of teaching effectiveness plus minor factors referring to specific aspects of teaching were obtained

Discriminant validity · Enthusiasm · Higher education · Internal consistency · Mathematics education · Psychometrics · Teaching method · Accounting Education and Careers · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Management and Marketing Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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