Towards an Annotated Bibliography
on Teaching Aids
- Koon and Murray. "Using Multiple Outcomes to Validate Student Ratings
of Overall Teacher Effectiveness." Journal of Higher Education 66
(Jan/Feb 1995): 61-81.
Stresses the importance of including colleague evaluations, peer evaluations, curriculum descriptions, course activities, synopses, and examination questions in the process of measuring good teaching.
- Kember and McKay. "Action Research into the Quality of Student Learning:
A Paradigm for Faculty Development." Journal of Higher Education 67
(Sep/Oct 1996): 528-554.
Teaching tips
- DeZure, Deborah. "Opening the Classroom Door." Academe 79:5
(1993): 27-28.
Senior faculty who have been recognized for good teaching should encourage junior faculty to sit in on their classes.
- Elbow, Peter. "Making Better Use of Student Evaluations of Teachers." Profession PMLA (1992): 42-48.
- Gmelich, Walter U. "It's About Time." Academe 82:5 (1996):
22- 26.
Time management strategies
- Roworth, Wendy W. "Pandora's Dilemma: Some Reflections on Peer Review." Academe (May/June
1997): 35-38.
The politics and ethics of peer review
- Goodwin and Stevens. "The Influence of Gender on University Faculty
Members' Perceptions of 'Good' Teaching." Journal of Higher Education 64:2
(Mar/Apr 1993): 166-185.
Seminal study of gender biases using data from our very own CU system--including our campus
- Brinko, Kathleen T. "The Practice of Giving Feedback to Improve
Teaching: What is Effective?" Journal of Higher Education 64
(Sep/Oct 1993): 574-593.
Tips on giving tips
- Brems, Baldwin, Davis, Namyniuk. "The Impostor Syndrome as Related to Teaching Evaluations and Advising Relationships of University Faculty Members." Journal of Higher Education 65 (Mar/Apr 1994): 183-193.
If your have confidence in yourself, you'll get better evaluations.
- Centra, John A. "The Use of Teaching Portfolios and Student Evaluations for Summative Evaluation." Journal of Higher Education 65 (Sep/Oct. 1994): 555-570
Help constructing a portfolio: includes four domains that professors should include in their portfolios
- Boice, R. "Writerly Rules for Teachers." Journal of Higher Education 66 (Jan/Feb 1995): 32-60.
Pep talk for newer faculty and teaching tips
- "Evaluation of Teaching in Universities," in Dilts, Haber and Bialik, Assessing What Professors Do (Westport: Greenwood, 1994): 47-64.
- Seldin, Annis, Zubizarreta. "Using the Teaching Portfolio to Improve Instruction," in W. Alan Wright, ed., Teaching Improvement Practices (Boston MA: Anker, 1995): 237-254.
A "how to" for constructing a teaching portfolio
- Stumpf and Rindova, "Assessment and Evaluation Techniques," in James L. Bess, ed., Teaching Well and Liking It (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997): 268-286.
Overview for evaluators
- Froh, Gray, and Lambert. "Representing Faculty Work: The Professional Portfolio," in Diamond and Adam, eds., Recognizing Faculty Work: Reward Systems for the Year 2000 (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993): 97-110.
Despite the Pavlovian nightmare connoted by the collection's title, this essay provides a good outline of what should be included in a teaching portfolio.
- Murray, John P. Successful Faculty Development and Evaluation: The Complete Teaching Portfolio (ASHE-Eric Higher Education Report, Feb. 1995, no. 8). Paperback ed. 1997.
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This material was prepared by Lesley Ginsberg, English Department, for the LAS Teaching Committee. Please send comments or suggestions on material to mailto:lginsber@mail.uccs.edu.
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