Understanding outcome-based education changes in teacher education: evaluation of a new instrument with preliminary findings

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 441-456

  Deneen, Christopher ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b   Bond, Trevor G ^c   Shroff, Ronnie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

factor analysis; instrument validation; mixed methodology; outcome based; Rasch analysis; student evaluation; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886442159     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2013.787392     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Andrich, D. (1978). A rating scale formulation for ordered response categories. Psychometrika, 43, 561-573.
2. Andrich, D. (1988). Rasch models for measurement. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
3. Bandalos, D. L., & Finney, S. J. (2010). Factor analysis: Exploratory and confirmatory. In G. R. Hancock & R. O. Mueller (Eds.), The reviewer's guide to quantitative methods in the social sciences (pp. 93-114). New York, NY: Routledge.
4. Baron, M. A., & Boschee, F. (1996). Dispelling the myths surrounding OBE. Phi Delta Kappan, 77(8), 574-576.
5. Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, 27(6), 13-25.
6. Biggs, J., & Tang, C. (2007). Teaching for quality learning at university (3rd ed.). Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press.
7. Bond, T. G., & Fox, C. M. (2007). Applying the Rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
8. Bond, M. H., & Hwang, K. K. (1986). The social psychology of Chinese people. In M. H. Bond (Ed.), The psychology of Chinese people (pp. 213-266). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Brown, G. T. L. (2004). Measuring attitude with positively packed self-report ratings: Comparison of agreement and frequency scales. Psychological Reports, 94, 1015-1024.
10. Cohen, J. (1992). A power primer. Psychological Bulletin, 112(1), 155-159.
11. Dempster, A. P., Laird, N. M., & Rubin, D. B. (1977). Maximum likelihood from incomplete data via the EM algorithm. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.Series B (Methodological), 39(1), 1-38.
12. Deneen, C. (2009, December). Global standards, local solutions: OBA and academic quality enhancement at HKIEd. Paper presented at the 6th UGC Symposium on 3+3+4: Enhancing and Assessing Students' Learning Outcomes for the New 4-year Curriculum, Hong Kong, SAR.
13. Ewell, P. (2005). Applying student learning outcomes to higher education: An overview. Report prepared for the Hong Kong University Grants Committee.
14. Greimel-Fuhrmann, B., & Geyer, A. (2003). Students' evaluation of teachers and instructional quality - analysis of relevant factors based on empirical evaluation research. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 28, 229-238.
15. Hoyle, R. H., & Duvall, J. L. (2004). Determining the number of factors in exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. In D. Kaplan (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of quantitative methodology for social sciences (pp. 301-315). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
16. Irving, S. E. (2004). The development and validation of a student evaluation instrument to identify highly accomplished mathematics teachers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ.
17. Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (1988). The personal evaluation standards. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
18. Jöreskog, K. G. (2007). Factor analysis and its extensions. In R. Cudeck & R. C. MacCallum (Eds.), Factor analysis at 100: Historical developments and future directions (pp. 47-77). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
19. Kember, D., & Wong, A. (2000). Implications for evaluation from a study of students' perceptions of good and poor teaching. Higher Education, 40, 69-97.
20. Killen, R. (2007). Teaching strategies for outcomes-based education (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Juta.
21. Kline, P. (1994). An easy guide to factor analysis. London: Routledge.
22. Lam, T. C. M., & Klockars, A. J. (1982). Anchor point effects on the equivalence of questionnaire items. Journal of Educational Measurement, 19(4), 317-322.
23. Linacre, J. M. (2009). WINSTEPS Rasch measurement (Version 3.68. 0) [Computer program]. Chicago, IL: Winsteps.com.
24. Marsh, H. W., Hau, K. -T., & Wen, Z. (2004). In search of golden rules: Comment on hypothesis-testing approaches to setting cutoff values for fit indexes and dangers in overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler's (1999) findings. Structural Equation Modeling, 11(3), 320-341.
25. Nusche, D. (2007). Assessment of learning outcomes in higher education: A comparative review of selected practices. OECD Education Working Paper Number 15. Paris: OECD.
26. Richardson, J. T. E. (2005). Instruments for obtaining student feedback: A review of the literature. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 30(4), 387-415.
27. Spady, W. (1994). Outcomes-based education: Critical issues and answers. Arlington, VA: American Association of School Administrators.
28. Stone, M. (2005, December). Opening remarks. Symposium on Outcome-based Approach to Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education: International Perspectives. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Hong Kong, SAR.
29. Wang, L. (2009). Syllabus for ENG 1244, Introduction to Language Studies (available from the Hong Kong Institute of Education).
30. Wang, L. (2010). Designing and implementing outcome-based learning in a linguistics course: A case study in Hong Kong. Procedia - social and behavioural sciences (p. 10). Kyrenia: Elsevier.
31. Watkins, D. A., Marsh, H. W., & Young, D. (1987). Evaluating tertiary teaching: A New Zealand perspective. Teaching and Teacher Education, 3, 41-53.
32. Webb, T. (2009, May). OBA and the quality of student learning. Paper presented at UGC Symposium "The Outcome-based Approach: Where are we now and where are we going?" Hong Kong, SAR.
33. Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.