Recent research has touted the benefits of learner-centered instruction, problem-based
learning, and a focus on complex learning. Instructors often struggle to put these goals into …

Typical university‐wide course evaluations do not provide instructors with sufficient
information on the effectiveness of their courses. This article describes a course assessment …

This manuscript addresses how post-secondary educators can enhance their teaching
effectiveness and student learning outcomes through student assessment. Highlights will …

This book contains 40 papers from an international symposium on improving the quality of
higher education teaching and learning. Part 1 contains three papers on using research to …

Learning outcomes assessment is a consequential issue in US higher education. Driven by
calls for accountability from accreditation agencies, federal and state actors, and other …

The way in which mid-semester course evaluations are structured, administered and
reported is important for generating rich and high-quality student feedback for the …

Menges identifies four areas of educational research in which data is substantial but much
less useful than it could be: faculty behaviors and intentions; technology-mediated …

Conscientious instructors at all levels are constantly making decisions about how to improve
their teaching. This is a natural, intuitive part of being a good instructor, but even faculty who …

This study aimed at exploring faculty and student perspectives on student evaluations, as
well as identifying their perceptions of the usefulness and appropriateness of the ratings for …

Accreditation criteria of programs require effective learning outcomes, assessment with
documented procedures, tools, results, and actions to close the assessment loop with broad …