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Assessing teaching effectiveness and student feedback
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Theall, M., & Franklin, J. (2001). Looking for Bias in All the wrong Places: A Search for Truth or a Witch Hunt in Student Ratings of Instruction? , In M.Theall, , P. C. Abrami, & Lisa A. Mets (Eds.)The Student Ratings Debate: Are They Valid? How Can We Best Use Them? pp. 45-56) New Directions For Institutional Research, no. 109 San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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(Print or video resources marked with 
are available from the Dalhousie University Centre for Learning and Teaching.)
Angelo, T.A. & Cross, P.K. 1993. Classroom Assessment Techniques (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Braskamp, L. and Ory, J. 1994. Assessing Faculty Work: Enhancing Individual and Institutional Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Cashin, W. 1996. Developing an Effective Faculty Evaluation System. Idea Paper No. 33. Kansas State University. http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_33.pdf
Centra, J. 1993. Reflective Faculty Evaluation: Enhancing Teaching and Determining Faculty Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Cornell University's Teaching Evaluation Handbook is a useful guide to best practices in evaluating teaching for tenure and promotion. http://www.clt.cornell.edu/resources/teh/ch4.html
Davis, B.G. 1993. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Glassick, Huber, & Maerfoll.1997. Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Hoyt, D.P. and Pallett, W.H. 1999. Appraising Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Student Ratings. Idea Paper #36. Manhattan, KS: IDEA Center. http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_36.pdf
Knapper, C. and Cranton, P. (Eds.) Fresh Approaches to the Evaluation of Teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 88, Winter 2001.
Ryan, K. (Ed.) Evaluating Teaching in Higher Education: A Vision for the Future. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 83, Fall 2000.
What kind of teacher are you? 1994. Centre for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University. Videotape, 14.5 minutes.
Theall, M. and Franklin, J. Student Ratings of Instruction: Issues for Improving Practice. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 43, Fall 1990.
Cashin, W. 1988. Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of the Research. Idea Paper No. 20. Kansas State University. http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_20.pdf
Cashin, W. 1990. Student Ratings of Teaching: Recommendations for Use. Idea Paper No. 22. Kansas State University. http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_22.pdf
Cashin, W. 1995. Student Ratings of Teaching: The Research Revisited. Idea Paper No. 32. Kansas State University. http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_32.pdf
The Teaching & Learning Guide published by The Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Centre of the University of Saskatchewan includes a useful section on "Evaluating Your Teaching" with practical examples of methods to collect formative feedback from your students. http://www.usask.ca/tlc/teaching_guide/utl_evaluating_teaching.html
O'Neil, C. and Wright, A. 1995. Recording Teaching Accomplishment: The Dalhousie Guide to the Teaching Dossier. Centre for Learning and Teaching
Centre for Learning and Teaching Teaching Dossier Resources (includes a downloadable teaching dossier template)
University of Manitoba maintains a list of links on the teaching dossier: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~benbow/dosslink.html
Design your own form for collecting feedback from students on specific teaching strategies or elements of the course at the University of California, San Diego's Centre for Teaching Development website at:
http://ctd.ucsd.edu/resources/evaluations
York University's Centre for the Support of Teaching lists an excellent collection of print and online resources on the evaluation of teaching at: http://www.yorku.ca/cst/ideas/evaluate_teaching_online.html
Please direct comments and suggestions to Bruno Roy, Centre for Learning and Teaching, Phone: 494-2706, Fax: 494-3767, Email: Bruno.Roy@dal.ca
