Students' and instructors' beliefs about excellent lecturers and discussion leaders

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-707

  Goldstein, Gary S ^a,c   Benassi, Victor A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discussion leading; Ideal discussion leading; Ideal lecturing; Lecturing; Student evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744812724     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-006-9011-x     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Angelo, T. A., and Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques, (2 nd Ed.) Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
2. Benassi, V. A., and Fernald, P. S. (1993). Preparing tomorrow's psychologists for careers in academe. Teaching of Psychology 20: 149-155.
3. Bergquist, W. H., and Phillips, S. R. (1975). A Handbook of Faculty Development, The Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges, Washington, DC.
4. Broverman, I. K., Vogel, S. R., Broverman, D. M., Clarkson, F. E., and Rosenkrantz, P. S. (1972). Sex role stereotypes: A current appraisal. Journal of Social Issues 28: 59-78.
5. Diamond, R. M., and Adam, B. E. (1997). Changing Priorities at Research Universities: 1991-1996, Syracuse University, Center for Instructional Development, Syracuse.
6. Eble, K. E. (1988). The Craft of Teaching, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
7. Epting, L. K., Zinn, T. E., Buskist, C., and Buskist, W. (2004). Student perspectives on the distinction between ideal and typical teachers. Teaching of Psychology 31: 181-183.
8. Feldman, K. A. (1988). Effective college teaching from the students' and faculty's view: Matched or mismatched priorities?. Research in Higher Education 28: 291-344.
9. Goldstein, G. S., and Benassi, V. A. (1994). The relation between teacher self-disclosure and student classroom participation. Teaching of Psychology 21: 212-217.
10. Goldstein, G. S., and Benassi, V. A. (1996). Students' perceptions of excellent lecturers and discussion leaders. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 7: 81-93.
11. Gray, P. J., Diamond, R. M., and Adam, B. E. (1996). A National Study of the Relative Importance of Research and Undergraduate Teachings at Colleges and Universities, Syracuse University, Center for Instructional Development, Syracuse.
12. Griffin, R. W., and Cashin, W. E. (1989). The lecture and discussion method for management education: Pros and cons. The Journal of Management Development 8: 25-32.
13. Hoover, K. H. (1980). College Teaching Today, Allyn and Bacon, Boston.
14. Knowles, M. S. (1980). The Modern Practice of Adult Education: From Pedagogy to Andragogy, Cambridge Adult Education, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
15. Lowman, J. (1984). Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
16. Lowman, J. (1995). Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, (2 nd Ed.) Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
17. Marsh, H. W. (1981). Students' evaluations of tertiary instruction: Testing the applicability of American surveys in an Australian setting. Australian Journal of Education 25: 177-192.
18. Marsh, H. W., and Roache, L. A. (1997). Making students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness effective: The critical issues of validity, bias, and utility. American Psychologist 52: 1187-1197.
19. McKeachic, W. J. (1986). Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher, D. C. Heath, Lexington, MA.
20. Miller, J. L., Dzindolet, M. T., Xie, X., and Stones, C. R. (2001). Faculty and students' views of teaching effectiveness in the United States, China, and South Africa. Teaching of Psychology 28: 138-142.
21. Murray, H. G. (1991). Effective teaching behaviors in the college classroom. In: Smart, J. C. (ed.): Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Agathon Press, New York, pp. 135-172.
22. Murray, H. G., Rushton, J. P., and Paunonen, S. V. (1990). Teacher personality traits and student instructional ratings in six types of university courses. Journal of Educational Psychology 82: 250-261.
23. Schaeffer, G., Epting, K., Zinn, T., and Buskist, W. (2003). Student and faculty perceptions of effective teaching: A successful replication. Teaching of Psychology 30: 133-136.
24. Schönwetter, D. J., Clifton, R. A., and Perry, R. P. (2002). Content familiarity: Differential impact of effective teaching on student achievement outcomes. Research in Higher Education 43: 625-655.
25. Smith, S. W., Medendorp, C. L., Ranck, S., Morrison, K., and Kopfman, J. (1994). The prototypical features of the ideal professor from the female and male undergraduate perspective: The role of verbal and nonverbal communication. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 5: 5-22.
26. Tversky, A., and Kahneman, D. (1973). Availability: A heuristic for judging frequency and probability. Cognitive Psychology 4: 207-232.