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Interfaculty differences in classroom teaching behaviors and their relationship to student instructional ratings

This study tested for differences between instructors in three college faculties in the frequency with which they exhibited various classroom teaching behaviors, and in the correlation of these behaviors with perceived teaching effectiveness. Trained observers assessed the frequency of 95 classroom teaching behaviors shown by 124 teachers in the arts and humanities, the social science, and the natural science faculties. Teaching effectiveness was measured by formal end-of-term student ratings averaged over a three-year period. Behaviors reflecting “interpersonal orientation” occurred more frequently in arts and social science teachers than in natural science teachers, whereas behaviors reflecting “task orientation” occurred more frequently in natural and social science teachers than in arts teachers. However, the pattern of correlations between teaching behaviors and overall effectiveness ratings was quite similar in all three faculties. Results are discussed in terms of understanding, evaluating, and improving college teaching.

H. G. Murray | S. Erdle | Harry G. Murray | Stephen Erdle

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