Excerpt from Measuring Teaching Efficiency Among College Instructors
The effectiveness of instruction is a professional phrase com monly employed to designate two distinct things. It may refer to the superiority of a certain teaching method or procedure over another or it may indicate the amount of teaching skill possessed by one individual as contrasted with others. Both uses postulate the existence of at least one index, mark, or criterion, by means of which the relative excellence of a device or a person may be asoer tained. The reasons for selecting some signs rather than others as symptomatic of various degrees of competence are generally obscure, and the justification of the choice normally rests upon social or philosophical grounds which the positive scientist accepts as ultimate, even though he may be fully aware of their tentative character.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book endeavors to address a question plaguing educators for decades: how can we gauge teaching effectiveness with fair and reliable metrics? The author traces the history of attempts to quantify this elusive quality, highlighting the inherent difficulties and biases faced by earlier approaches. The inadequacy of student and supervisor evaluations alike has prompted the author to propose a novel methodology. Through administering a battery of standardized tests before and after a semester-long course, the author was able to measure changes in students' attitudes, interests, and personality traits. The results yielded valuable insights into what constitutes effective teaching, offering a more objective and holistic assessment than traditional methods. This book will be of great interest to educators, researchers, and policymakers seeking to optimize teaching practices and improve educational outcomes. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780243180424_0
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