Comments on articles in the November 1997 issue of American Psychologist concerning
student evaluations of teaching (SETs). The current author notes that though SETs are …

Good teaching can be construed from two perspectives. From one point of view, teaching is
seen as a developmental process in which the individual acquires knowledge and skills …

If faculty are truly committed to becoming more effective teachers, they should set learning
goals, proximal goals, behavioural goals, or a combination thereof. Commitment to these …

The teaching ability of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) and the need for programs that
lead to significant improvements in instruction methods by GTAs has been an ongoing …

The purpose of this research was to determine whether the use of multiple in-class student
evaluations of instruction, coupled with instructor consultations with students, would lead to …

Modern universities represent large economic operations fueled by funds that are
increasingly derived from student tuition as government subsidies shrink. Student …

The Knapp form, given to over 19,000 students by twenty-two departments to assess the
effectiveness of classroom instruction in 960 classes at Montana State University each …

Most of the research and writing about teaching in adult education takes culture and social
norms for granted. For example, in Kember's (1996) recent review of conceptions of teaching …