More than Words: Probing the Terms Undergraduate Students Use to Describe Their Instructors

Autor/inn/en	Kendall, K. Denise; Schussler, Elisabeth E.
Titel	More than Words: Probing the Terms Undergraduate Students Use to Describe Their Instructors
Quelle	In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 25 (2013) 2, S.200-212 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1812-9129
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Student Attitudes; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Undergraduate Students; Teacher Behavior; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Assistants; Biology; Science Instruction; Student Surveys; Online Surveys; Interviews; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Schülerverhalten; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schülerbefragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Undergraduates often use single words to describe their instructors, including "boring," "enthusiastic," and "organized," but what instructional behaviors cause students to use these words? This study utilized interviews and an online survey to ask students to translate commonly used instructor descriptions into their associated instructional behaviors. Explanations from undergraduates revealed that these behaviors include both the way instructors interact personally with students as well as how they convey the content to the class. The instructional behaviors identified through this process were classified into themes representing three different aspects of classroom interactions and placed into a schema depicting the positive instructional behaviors that students indicated led to respect for an instructor. The results will give instructors insight into how what they do in the classroom relates to student perception of their ability to foster learning. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10