Improving Judgments About Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms

  1. Philip C. Abrami

Article first published online: 28 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1002/ir.4

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New Directions for Institutional Research

New Directions for Institutional Research

Special Issue: The Student Ratings Debate: Are They Valid? How Can We Best Use Them?

Volume 2001, Issue 109, pages 59–87, Spring 2001

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Abrami, P. C. (2001), Improving Judgments About Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001: 59–87. doi: 10.1002/ir.4

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  1. Philip C. Abrami is professor and director of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 28 JAN 2002

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Abstract

This chapter critically examines five issues surrounding the use of student evaluations of teaching for summative decisions: current practices, validity concerns, improving the reporting of results, improving the decision-making process, and incorporating validity estimates into the decision-making process. The author proposes that we can improve judgments by improving the precision of our measures.

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