title: Evaluating teaching effectiveness.
abstract: Major reform in nursing education is underway, with increased emphasis being placed on the importance of the teacher-student relationship. An instrument for evaluation of teaching effectiveness, developed at the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing, attempts to capture the student's perception of the quality of the teacher-student relationship as well as other salient aspects of teaching practices. The evaluation tool contains 26 items evaluating teaching effectiveness and 14 items that evaluate the course. The teaching effectiveness items yield five scales including: knowledge and expertise, facilitative teaching methods, communication style, use of own experiences, and feedback. Psychometric testing has been completed and there is evidence of construct validity in relation to teaching effectiveness and internal consistency reliability for the five scales.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Nursing, Portland 97201-3098, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kirschling
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mowery
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Perrin
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009922:Oregon; D011361:Professional Competence; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*