Administrative and structural changes in student evaluations of teaching and their effects on overall instructor scores     

Nina Zipser 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2018,43(6):995-1008

Using nine years of student evaluation of teaching (SET) data from a large US research university, we examine whether changes to the SET instrument have a substantial impact on overall instructor scores. Our study exploits four distinct natural experiments that arose when the SET instrument was changed. To maximise power, we compare the same course/instructor before and after each of the four changes occurred. We find that switching from in-class, paper course evaluations to online evaluations generates an average change of ?0.14 points on a five-point scale, or 0.25 standard deviations (SDs) in the overall instructor ratings. Changing labelling of the scale and the wording of the overall instructor question generates another decrease in the average rating: ?0.15 of a point (0.27 SDs). In contrast, extending the evaluation period to include the final examination and offering an incentive (early grade release) for completing the evaluations do not have a statistically significant effect on the overall instructor rating. The cumulative impact of these individual changes is ?0.29 points (0.52 SDs). This large decrease shows that SET scores are not comparable over time when instruments change. Therefore, administrators should measure and account for such changes when using historical benchmarks for evaluative purposes (e.g. appointments and compensation).  相似文献   

A Rational Examination of Integrating “Classics” into University General Education Curriculum: An Empirical Survey Based on N University     

Zhenshan Zhong  Mengyao Sun 《Chinese Education & Society》2018,51(1):81-89

Abstract

The power of general education curriculum comes from the enduring classics. The authors apply research methods such as questionnaire survey, interview, and observation to investigate the state of general education curriculum implementation at N University and analyze problems faced by incorporating classics. Based on this, the authors propose that universities should rationally review the practical value of “classics” in general education and enhance the effective integration of classics into general education curriculum by improve the texts for teaching, instruction methods, teaching personnel, and assessment modes, to achieve general education’s objective of cultivating the “whole person.”  相似文献   

Examining the perceived value of professional judgement and decision-making in mountain leaders in the UK: a mixed-methods investigation     

L. Collins  H. J. Carson  P. Amos  D. Collins 《Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning》2018,18(2):132-147

This paper utilised a two-part mixed-methodology to examine the value placed on judgement and decision-making by a sample of qualified mountain leaders in the UK. Qualified leaders (N = 331) completed a web-based survey and a smaller sample (N = 8) were then interviewed. Survey data showed that mountain leaders place greater value on their judgements and decision-making when compared to the technical skills of mountain navigation and rope work; however, the process for developing these judgement skills was unclear. Interview data identified that judgement skills appear transferrable from other domains experienced by the leaders (e.g. emergency services, military) but are then recontextualised and modified for effective use within mountain leadership. The leaders facilitated this via a nested reflective process that combines in-action, on-action and on-action/in-context aspects that rely on metacognition. This combination of reflection and metacognition allows for rapid development of judgement making skills in-context. Implications for mountain leadership training are discussed.  相似文献   

Subjective well-being in cultural advocacy: a politics of research between the market and the academy     

Susan Oman  Mark Taylor 《Journal of Cultural Economy》2018,11(3):225-243

This paper responds to a trend of contracting out subjective well-being econometrics to demonstrate social return on investment (SROI) for evidence-based policy-making. We discuss an evolving ecology of ‘external’ research taking place ‘between’ the academy and commercial consultancy. We then contextualise this as waves of research methodologies and consultancy for the cultural sector. The new model of ‘external between’ consultancy research for policy is not only placed between the University and the market, but also facilitates discourse between policy sectors, government, the media and the academy. Specifically, it enables seductive but selective arguments for advocacy that claim authority through academic affiliation, yet are not evaluated for robustness. To critically engage with an emergent form of what Stone calls ‘causal stories’, we replicate a publicly funded externally commissioned SROI model that argues for the value of cultural activities to well-being. We find that the author’s operationalisation of participation and well-being are crucial, yet their representation of the relationship problematic, and their estimates questionable. This case study ‘re-performs’ econometric modelling national-level survey data for the cultural sector to reveal practices that create norms of expertise for policy-making that are not rigorous. We conclude that fluid claims to authority allow experimental econometric models and measures to perform across the cultural economy as if ratified. This new model of advocacy research requires closer academic consideration given the changing research funding structures and recent attention to expertise and the contracting out of public services.  相似文献   

The experience of violence against children in domestic servitude in Haiti: Results from the Violence Against Children Survey,Haiti 2012     

《Child abuse & neglect》2018

BackgroundThere have been estimates that over 150,000 Haitian children are living in servitude. Child domestic servants who perform unpaid labor are referred to as “restavèks.” Restavèks are often stigmatized, prohibited from attending school, and isolated from family placing them at higher risk for experiencing violence. In the absence of national data on the experiences of restavèks in Haiti, the study objective was to describe the sociodemographic characteristics of restavèks in Haiti and to assess their experiences of violence in childhood.MethodsThe Violence Against Children Survey was a nationally representative, cross-sectional household survey of 13–24 year olds (n = 2916) conducted May–June 2012 in Haiti. A stratified three-stage cluster design was used to sample households and camps containing persons displaced by the 2010 earthquake. Respondents were interviewed to assess lifetime prevalence of physical, emotional, and sexual violence occurring before age 18. Chi-squared tests were used to assess the association between having been a restavèk and experiencing violence in childhood.FindingsIn this study 17.4% of females and 12.2% of males reported having been restavèks before age 18. Restavèks were more likely to have worked in childhood, have never attended school, and to have come from a household that did not have enough money for food in childhood. Females who had been restavèks in childhood had higher odds of reporting childhood physical (OR 2.04 [1.40–2.97]); emotional (OR 2.41 [1.80–3.23]); and sexual violence (OR 1.86 [95% CI 1.34–2.58]) compared to females who had never been restavèks. Similarly, males who had ever been restavèks in childhood had significantly increased odds of emotional violence (OR 3.06 [1.99–4.70]) and sexual violence (OR 1.85 [1.12–3.07]) compared to males who had never been restavèks, but there was no difference in childhood physical violence.InterpretationThis study demonstrates that child domestic servants in Haiti experience higher rates of childhood violence and have less access to education and financial resources than other Haitian children. These findings highlight the importance of addressing both the lack of human rights law enforcement and the poor economic circumstances that allow the practice of restavèk to continue in Haiti.  相似文献   

服务创新调查数据库的构建及其应用——国内外研究的综述与展望     

蔺雷  吴贵生 《科学学研究》2006,24(Z2):661-667

服务创新研究已成为20世纪末、21世纪初创新研究和服务管理研究的新热点。构建基于大样本服务业创新活动调查的数据库是服务创新研究取得进展的关键基础平台。对国内外自1980年代以来的4项著名服务创新调查项目进行系统综述,包括对其调查阶段与内容、数据获取与性质、研究成果等的概述与分析。期望能为国内服务创新研究学者提供不同阶段服务创新研究的有效蓝图,有助于国内服务创新数据库构建的规范性和研究的整体效率的提升。  相似文献   

科学道德、学术规范与高校德育教育——以苏州大学调查为例     

叶继红 《科学学研究》2006,24(2):178-183

科学道德、学术规范是当今学术界讨论的一个热门话题。本文以苏州大学的问卷调查为例,具体分析了目前高校科学道德和学术规范的现状和问题,提出了应对这一问题需要加强高校德育教育的措施。  相似文献   

国内网络调查研究分析   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

李锐  宋铁英 《情报科学》2005,23(6):891-895

网络调查是新生的产业，目前关于它的理论、方法等方面还有待规范统一。本文主要利用文献计量法对国内网络调查的文献从文献的年代分布、期刊分布、作者情况、研究热点等方面进行了统计分析，得出了相关的结论，并提出了相应的建议。  相似文献   

Using Questionnaires in Teacher Research     

Daniel Xerri 《Clearing house (Menasha, Wis.)》2017,90(3):65-69

Teacher research is described as being beneficial and yet it is hampered by teachers' lack of knowledge about research, including how to use popular research methods. Given that accounts by teachers describing their use of such methods in a systematic manner might prove useful for their peers, this article describes my experience of using a questionnaire in teacher research.  相似文献   

高职院校大学生信息素质调查与分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李平双  刘凤娥 《石家庄职业技术学院学报》2007,19(1):76-78

通过对高职院校大学生进行信忠观念、信息意识、信息能力的问卷调查，认为大学生的信忠素质亟待加强。培养与提高大学生的信息素质，可通过新生入院教育、开展知识讲座、开设信忠课堂、加强宣传等途径进行。  相似文献