Report from the Teaching Effectiveness Committee to
the AU Senate
November 8, 2005
1. How
confident are you that the current 8-question teaching evaluation questionnaire
accurately measures teaching effectiveness?
[1
= no confidence ---6 = complete confidence]
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 365
2. To what
extent do you believe that evaluations and comments written by students on
evaluation questionnaires are used by AU administrators to make decisions
regarding the quality of faculty teaching performance for raises, promotion
and/or tenure?
[1
= do not believe at all --- 6 = believe completely]
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 363
3. To what
extent do you believe that evaluations and comments written by students on
evaluation questionnaires are used appropriately by AU administrators when
evaluating faculty teaching effectiveness? In other words, are the data
provided by the student evaluations used in reliable and valid ways.
[1
= do not believe at all --- 6 = believe completely]
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 361
4. To what
extent do you believe the current student evaluation questionnaire on faculty
teaching is valuable/useful in terms of helping you to
improve your teaching performance independent of raise and tenure/promotion
considerations? In other words, do you believe that this instrument is helpful
to you in becoming a more effective teacher?
[1
= do not believe at all --- 6 = believe completely]
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 366
5. In your
opinion, how committed is the AU administration to teaching excellence?
[1
= no commitment at all --- 6 = very strong commitment]
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 363
6. In your
opinion, how committed is the administration in your school/college to teaching
excellence?
[1
= no commitment at all --- 6 = very strong commitment]
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 361
DEMOGRAPHICS
7. Your professorial rank is:
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8.
Your tenure status is:
Untenured 31%
Tenured 69%
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 364
9.
Your allocation of time to teaching is approximately...
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, N = 365
10. Please identify your college/school
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