This investigation sought the perceptions of a selected group of Mexican-American community leaders in Tucson, Arizona, concerning their recollected classroom relationships with their teachers. The investigation proceeded on the basis of a three-part theoretical framework drawn from the literature of psychology, anthropology, and education. The theory included the following: (1) Perceptual Processes; (2) Cultural Processes; and (3) Interpersonal Processes. An interview schedule, based on the elements of the theoretical framework, was developed employing a Likert type scale together with an open-ended comment format. Twenty Mexican-American community leaders were identified and interviewed in depth regarding the perceived relationships that they recalled having had with their respective teachers. Among the findings, the following appeared to be most significant: (1) the participants generally agreed that their teachers were aware of them; (2) the participants reported perceiving that their teachers had accepted them; (3) the participants agreed that their teachers had generally not accepted most aspects of their bicultural being. They reported perceiving that their teachers' thrust appeared to have been toward assimilation; (4) the participants reported that their teachers seemed not to have cared sufficiently to communicate to them that their bicultural identities were important; (5) the participants reported that their teachers had not encouraged them to make choices in becoming independent persons. They tended to report that their teachers had lowered expectations for them and therefore had not adequately challenged them; and (6) the participants perceived that their teachers had not extended themselves to positively support their cultural identities.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:22:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:07:42Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 teixeira_mls_me_sjrp.pdf: 2633700 bytes, checksum: 7dc24c56184ad1bf863ee7c12efdc5cf (MD5) / Com base em uma abordagem funcionalista, pretende-se verificar como se dá a interação indireta entre os usuários da língua natural. O intuito é buscar compreender como alunos na faixa etária de 14 anos produzem sentido ao resolverem uma avaliação com questões de múltipla escolha. Como corpus para a realização dessa pesquisa foram utilizadas as amostras das avaliações da 8a. série do SARESP (Sistema de Avaliação do Rendimento Escolar do Estado de São Paulo), as Tabelas de Especificação das Habilidades da Secretaria Estadual de Educação de São Paulo e os resultados oficiais de 8as. séries (manhã, tarde e noite) de uma escola estadual da cidade de São José do Rio Preto. A análise do desempenho dos alunos conduziu-nos à análise da própria avaliação e evidenciou uma série de problemas, desde a inadequação de questões até a constatação de que a concepção de leitura do SARESP/2001 contradiz os principais documentos oficiais que tratam do assunto: a Proposta Curricular para o Ensino de Língua Portuguesa e o PCN de Língua Portuguesa. Nosso objetivo, portanto, é apontar para uma releitura dos resultados da avaliação e da própria elaboração do SARESP / With a functional approach, this research intends to verify how the indirect interaction between the users of the natural language occurs. The aim is to understand how students build meaning when taking a multiple choice test. The corpus used comprises the evaluations from the São Paulo State System of Scholarly Performance Evaluation (SARESP) and the official results from 8th grades at a public school in the city of São José do Rio Preto- SP, besides other relevant data collected from São Paulo State Board of Education. The analysis of the students’ performance led to an analysis of the evaluation itself and evidenced a series of problems, ranging from the inadequacy of questions to the understanding that the reading concept adopted by the SARESP/2001 contradicts the same concept as proposed by the main official documents. Thus, this study aims at a new reading not only of the evaluation results, but also of the SARESP test elaboration itself

Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Madison University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-129).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-129). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1997. / Title from title page screen, viewed June 2, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry Kennedy (chair), John Goeldi, Barbara Nourie, William Tolone. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-90) and abstract. Also available in print.

M.Ed. (Didactics) / In this study attention is paid to the use of technical college student evaluators of teaching..Specia! attention is focused on certain factors which influence students in their evaluation of the teaching skills of lecturers. The problem addressed, is the vital role played by vocational training in South Africa as a developing country. In the light of the acute shortage of skilled manpOwer, it is essential that vocational training, as practised at technical colleges, should function optiIllally. Lecturers at technical colleges can play an important role in this resPect and what is needed is a willingness on the part of both lecturers and organisations responsible for vocational training, to optimalise effective teaching and the concomitant successful learning by students. The aim of this study centres round an overview of literature regarding methods of teaching evaluation as applied locally and internationally, the identification of the possible influence of certain factors on the evaluation by students and the e,d:ent 1;0 which these factors apply ~o male and female students of different seniority levels at six technical colleges. In the study of relevant Literature , attention is paid to the aim and function of technical colleges. Certain indicators of effective teaching, as well as teaching evaluation are dealt with and special attention is paid to self evaluation, peer evaluation and evaluation by means of objectives. Evaluation of teaching by students is investigated in depth, together with factors which influence students in" their evaluation of teaching, such as humour, sex of student and lecturer, seniority of students, class siZe, enthusiasm and course content. The research group consists of full-time N4, NS and N6 technical and commercial students at six technical colleges on the witwatersrand and in the Pretoria area. The lecturers teaching these students are evaluated by means of a questionnaire.

The purposes of this research were to: (a) assess community college students' perceptions of the student evaluation practice; (b) assess community college faculty members' responses to student evaluations of teachers and the extent to which instructional modifications resulted from student ratings; and (c) assess community college administrators' responses to student evaluations of teachers, the extent student ratings influenced administrators' evaluations of faculty, and how the results from student ratings were used to promote instructional effectiveness. A total of 358 students, faculty, and administrators from 5 Florida community colleges contributed their opinions on the value of the practice of student evaluation of teaching. Data were collected using mixed methodology. The survey and interview sessions were conducted on location at the respective community colleges. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression procedures, one-way analysis of variance, t-test, and phenomenological analysis were used to analyze the data. Quantitative results indicated that these 320 community college students believed that student ratings had value, and, thus their role as instructor evaluator was important. Furthermore, the students believed student evaluations were important to faculty and administrators. However, most students were either unaware or did not believe that student evaluations had any effect. Phenomenological analysis of the extensive descriptions provided by 21 faculty participants suggested that the numeric data provided by student evaluations was generally an ineffective method to impact instruction. Faculty described their frustration with inadequately designed instruments, ineffective methods of receiving ratings results, and limited or non-existent feedback from supervisors. Phenomenological analysis of the 17 administrators' transcriptions suggested that although the student ratings practice was vital to institutional integrity the results from student evaluations were marginally valuable in their impact on enhancing instruction and of limited value in faculty evaluation. Implications for student evaluation practices drawn from this study included the need for institutions to: (a) assess the value of their student evaluation practice and its impact on teaching effectiveness; (b) define and clearly articulate a statement of purpose for conducting student evaluations; (c) refine procedures for administering the student evaluation practice; (d) examine their student evaluation practices and instrument on a regular review cycle; (e) adopt alternative methods for collecting and disseminating student feedback; (f) implement student evaluation measures that reflect the varied teaching approaches and diverse learning environments.

This dissertation documents a mixed methods doctoral study that accessed a popular online faculty rating system situated in the public domain, to reveal adult students’ perceptions of effective teaching characteristics in three community colleges located in British Columbia, Canada. The study is informed by two phases including a quantitative analysis of attributions and a qualitative interpretive content analysis of 300 randomly selected student anecdotal evaluations of their classroom experiences that were cross-referenced to the empirical research that formally defines effective teaching characteristics. Six attribution themes emerged from the students’ online perceptions: Articulate, Competent, Content-expert, Empowering, Perceptive, and Trustworthy that in their complexity were re-articulated for latent symbolism and problematised through an adult education lens. These findings subsequently led to development of the ACCEPT Model of Student Discernment of Effective Teaching Characteristics. The research findings contribute to a further understanding of students’ ability to discern and report effective teaching characteristics through an online faculty rating system that is informal and less traditional, for the purpose of improving teaching and learning practices in college settings in British Columbia. There are six recommendations provided that will be of interest to administrators, faculty, students, and institutional researchers regarding student evaluation of effective teaching characteristics and adult learning needs.

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1998. / Submitted to the Faculty of Education, The University of Western Sydney, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy April 1998. Bibliography : p. 331-384.