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Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics /

Economic, academic, and social forces are causing undergraduate schools to start a fresh examination of teaching effectiveness. Administrators face the complex task of developing equitable, predictable ways to evaluate, encourage, and reward good teaching in science, math, engineering, and technolog...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, and Rewarding Undergraduate Teaching
Other Authors: Fox, Marye Anne, 1947-2021, Hackerman, Norman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Part I. What is known : principles, research findings, and implementation issues
  • Recent perspectives on undergraduate teaching and learning
  • Characterizing and mobilizing effective undergraduate teaching
  • Aligning the cultures of research and teaching in higher education
  • Evaluating teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics : principles and research findings
  • Part II. Applying what is known : strategies for evaluating teaching effectiveness
  • Evaluation methodologies
  • Evaluation of individual faculty : criteria and benchmarks
  • Evaluation of departmental undergraduate programs
  • Recommendations
  • Appendixes. Selected student evaluation instruments ; Samples of questionnaires used to evaluate undergraduate student learning ; Examples of questions for conducting peer evaluations of teaching ; Biographical sketches of committee members.