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Interpreting Reports
The following resources provide guidance for interpreting the individual faculty reports.
Disciplines with Norms
PDF containing The IDEA Center's "Disciplines with Norms." Disciplines with Norms
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Using IDEA Results for Administrative Decision Making
The Administrative Decision Making and Faculty Evaluation guide provides strategies for making instructional and administrative decisions based on Student Ratings of Instruction results. Using IDEA...
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Relationship of Teaching Methods to Learning Objectives
PDF with a chart that illustrates the correlations between identified learning obectives and corresponding teaching methods. These correlations were derived by analyzing the data from numerous...
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Interpretative Guide: IDEA Diagnostic Form Report
This PDF guide provides information to help you interpret your IDEA Diagnostic Form Report. You will find links in each section that provide expanded details about the interpretation of various...
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Interpretative Guide: IDEA Short Form Report
This PDF guide provides information to help you interpret your IDEA Short Form Report. You will find links in each section that provide expanded details about the interpretation of various aspects of...
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Number of Responses and Response Rate Messages
PDF with a breakdown of responses and response rate messages provided on IDEA Reports: Number of Response Rates and Response Rate Messages
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Value and Limitations of Student Ratings
Student ratings of instruction have been the subject of over 2,000 published research studies. The vast majority of these offer assurance that ratings possess acceptable reliability (if there are at...