Relation between aging and rated teaching effectiveness of academic psychologists.
Within a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal design, several analyses showed that student-rated teaching effectiveness in university professors declined with age. For 106 full-time psychology teachers, aged 26 to 55, who were studied for time periods ranging from 2 to 15 years, an overall negative correlation of r = -.33 (p less than .05) was found between age and general teaching effectiveness. A similar decrement with age occurred for items measuring specific teaching behaviors. Age accounted for 8% of the variance in general teaching effectiveness.
Horner
K L
KL
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Murray
H G
HG
Rushton
J P
JP
D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching