Additional Resources for Multifaceted Evaluation of Teaching

Defining Effective Teaching

Chickering, A. & Gamson, Z. (n.d.). Seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education. University of Western Ontario. http://www.uwo.ca/tsc/resources/pdf/SevenPrinciples.pdf

Devlin, M., & Samarawickrema, G. (2010). The criteria of effective teaching in a changing higher education context. Higher Education Research & Development, 29(2), 111-124.

Johnson, T., & Ryan, K. (2000). A comprehensive approach to the evaluation of college teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 83, 109-123.

McMillan, W.J. (2007). 'Then you get a teacher': Guidelines for excellence in teaching. Medical Teacher: International Journal of Medical Education, 29 (8), 209-218.

University of Guelph. Twelve principles of effective teaching and learning.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/tss/id/ta/tahb/tah8g.html

Vulcano, B.A. (2007). Extending the generality of the qualities and behaviours constituting effective teaching. Teaching of Psychology, 34 (2), 114-117.

Wright, A. et al. (2014). The Ontario universities' teaching evaluation toolkit: Feasibility study. Ontario Higher Education Quality Council. http://www1.uwindsor.ca/ctl/system/files/Teaching_Evaluation_Toolkit.pdf


Formative and Summative Evaluation

Arreola, R. (2007). Developing a comprehensive faculty evaluation system: A guide to designing, and operating large-scale faculty evaluation systems. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers.

Berk, R. (2006). Thirteen strategies to measure college teaching. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC

Blumberg, P. (2014). Assessing and improving your teaching: Strategies and rubrics for faculty growth and student learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers.

Buller, J. (2012) Best practices in faculty evaluation: A practical guide for academic leaders. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers.


Teaching Dossiers/Portfolios

Corry, M. & Timmins, F. (2009). The use of teaching portfolios to promote excellence and scholarship in nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 9, 388­392.

DeRijdt, C., Tiquet, E., Dochy, F., & Devolder, M. (2006). Teaching portfolios in higher education and their effects: An explorative study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 22, 1084­1093.

McColgan, K. & Blackwood, B. (2009). A systematic review protocol on the use of teaching portfolios for educators in further and higher education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(12), 2500­2507.

Quinlan, K. (2002). Inside the peer review process: How academics review a colleague's teaching portfolio. Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 1035­1049.

Seldin, P. & Miller, E. (2009). The academic portfolio: A practical guide to documenting teaching, research and service. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons

Seldin, P., Miller, J., & Seldin, C. (2010). The teaching portfolio: A practical guide to improved performance and promotion/tenure decisions. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.

University of Alberta. Teaching dossiers. https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/

University of British Columbia. Teaching portfolio preparation: A Guide for the UBC Teaching Community http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/6/6f/Teaching_port_prep_guide_2007.pdf

University of Saskatchewan. What is a teaching portfolio? http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/drupal/?q=node/183


Student Ratings of Instruction

Cashin, W. E. (1999). Student ratings of teaching: Uses and misuses. Changing practices in evaluating teaching: A practical guide to improved faculty performance and promotion/tenure decisions, 25-44.

Clayson, D. E. (2009). Student evaluations of teaching: Are they related to what students learn? A meta-analysis and review of the literature. Journal of Marketing Education, 31(1), 16-30. http://jmd.sagepub.com/content/31/1/16.full.pdf

Marsh, H. W. (2007). Students' evaluations of university teaching: Dimensionality, reliability, validity, potential biases and usefulness. In The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education: An evidence-based perspective (pp. 319-383). Springer Netherlands. http://eva.um.ac.ir/images/43/Maghale/18.pdf

Stark, P.B., and R. Freishtat, 2014. An evaluation of course evaluations. Science Open, (DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-EDU.AOFRQA.v1), https://www.scienceopen.com/document_file/ad8a9ac9-8c60-432a-ba20-4402a2a38df4/ScienceOpen/1826_XE9106672292100478299.pdf


Classroom Observation

Bennett, S. & Barp, D. (2008). Peer observation - a case for doing it online. Teaching in Higher Education, 13(5), 559¬-570.

Davis, T. (2011). Peer observation: A faculty initiative. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 3(2), 106-¬115

DiVall, M., Barr, J., Matthews, S., Van Amburgh, J., Qualters, D., & Trujillo, J. (2012). Follow-up assessment of a faculty peer observation and evaluation program. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76(4), 61 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355281/

Gosling, D. (2005). Peer observation of teaching. SEDA paper 118. London: Staff and Educational Development association Ltd.

Hammersley¬-Fletcher, L. & Orsmond, P. (2005). Reflecting on reflective practices within peer observation. Studies in Higher Education, 30 I(2), 213¬-224.

Hendry, G., & Oliver, G. (2012). Seeing is believing: The benefits of peer observation. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 9(1), http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol9/iss1/7

McMahon, T., Barrett, T., & O"Neill, G. (2007). Using observation of teaching to improve quality: Finding your way through the muddle of competing conceptions, confusion of practice and mutually exclusive intentions. Teaching in Higher Education, 12I(4), 499¬-511.

Newman L, Roberts D, & Schwartzstein R. (2012). Peer observation of teaching handbook. MedEd PORTAL https://www.mededportal.org/publication/9150

Potter, M., Haynes, S., Heyl, K., Phillips, K., Pozzi, R., Stroup, L. & Tull, T. (2011). Peer observation of teaching: A case for culture change. Teacher Scholar Journal, 3. https://www.fhsu.edu/teacher-scholar/current/volume3/peer_observation/page1.html