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Since 2008 undergraduate student rating of teaching has been implemented in
HCM-USSH for improving instruction quality. Student ratings of teaching surveys
are administered at the end of each term and completed before final exams are taken,
and typically anonymous without the presence of lecturers. After data of student
ratings are collected and processed, reports are made available across instructors,
faculty deans, and department heads and viewed as evidences of teaching activities.
3
Research Method
3.1
Participants
This study was conducted at HCM-USSH where it has 822 employees in which 503
serve as full-time teaching staff.
1
The questionnaire was sent to all full-time faculty
(
N
503). 283 out of 503 faculty members, accounting for 56.3%, completed the
survey. The sample quite parallels the university population in terms of demographic
variables. The demographic information for participants is summarized in Table
1
below.
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3.2
Instrumentation
This study used questionnaire survey to collect data. The survey, consisting of three
sections, was developed by the researcher with counseling from assessment experts
and referring to other studies concerning student ratings of teaching or student
Tabl e 1
Distribution of faculty members' background variables (
N
=
283)
Background variables
Frequency
Percentage
Mean SD
Gender
Male
126
45
Female
150
53
Not specified
7
2
Bachelor degree
50
18
Academic title
Masters' degree
149
53
Doctorate degree
77
27
Not specified
7
2
≤
5 years
106
37
Years of teaching experience
6-20 years
107
38
>
21 years
56
20
Not specified
14
5
10.85
±
9.3
1
Academic year 2010-2011.
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