Our Services
- Student Ratings of Instruction
- Assesses effectiveness by focusing on learning and curricular objectives.
- Feedback for Department Chairs
- Comprises the only nationally normed tool for evaluating chairpersons.
- Feedback for Deans
- Analyzes characteristics, as well as styles, that contribute to effectiveness.
- Feedback for Administrators
- Considers impressions of stakeholders on 10 pivotal characteristics.
IDEA Papers
The following IDEA Papers may provide some useful ideas related to teaching and faculty evaluation. The PDFs can be viewed below or, if unavailable online, they can be ordered from the Center.
- IDEA Paper No. 43 The Technology Literate Professoriate: Are We There Yet?, Madigan
- IDEA Paper No. 42 Integrated Course Design, Fink
- IDEA Paper No. 41 Student Goal Orientation, Motivation, and Learning, Svinicki
- IDEA Paper No. 40 Getting Students to Read Fourteen Tips, Hobson
- IDEA Paper No. 39 Establishing Rapport Personal Interaction and Learning, Fleming
- IDEA Paper No. 38 Enhancing Learning-and More! - Through Cooperative Learning, Millis
- IDEA Paper No. 37 Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills, Lynch and Wolcott
- IDEA Paper No. 36 Appraising Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Student Ratings, Hoyt and Pallett
- IDEA Paper No. 34 Focusing On Active, Meaningful Learning, Stalheim-Smith
- IDEA Paper No. 33 Developing an Effective Faculty Evaluation System, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 32 Student Ratings of Teaching: The Research Revisited, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 31 Answering and Asking Questions, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 30 Readings to Improve Selected Teaching Methods, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 29 Teaching Adult Students, Polson
- IDEA Paper No. 28 Periodicals Related to College Teaching, Cashin and Clegg
- IDEA Paper No. 27 Writing a Syllabus, Altman and Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 26 Improving Student Reading, Maleki and Heerman
- IDEA Paper No. 25 Improving Student Writing, Smit
- IDEA Paper No. 24 Improving Instructors' Speaking Skills, Goulden
- IDEA Paper No. 22 Student Ratings of Teaching: Recommendations for Use, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 21 Defining and Evaluating College Teaching, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 20 Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of the Research, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 19 Improving College Grading, Hanna and Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 18 Matching Instructional Objectives, Subject Matter, Tests, and Score Interpretations, Hanna and Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 17 Improving Essay Tests, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 16 Improving Multiple-Choice Tests, Clegg and Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 15 Improving Discussions, Cashin and McKnight
- IDEA Paper No. 14 Improving Lectures, Cashin
- IDEA Paper No. 12 Court Challenges to Tenure, Promotion, and Retention Decisions, Seldin
- IDEA Paper No. 8 Questioning in the College Classroom, Hyman
- IDEA Paper No. 7 A Guide to Clinical Permormance Testing, Whitman
- IDEA Paper No. 4 Classroom Observation Techniques, Acheson
- IDEA Paper No. 3 Improving Academic Advising, Grites
- IDEA Paper No. 1 Motivating Students, Cashin
