Journal Articles
Evidence of a single second-order factor in student ratings of teaching effectiveness
- Evidence of a single second-order factor in student ratings of teaching effectiveness
- Structural Equation Modeling, 7(3), 442-460, 2000
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- 2000
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- Hong Kong
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- 1990-1997.6
- 1997.7 onwards
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- Post-Secondary Education
- In student-evaluation research, there has been considerable debate on the number of higher order factors in student ratings of university teaching. Using a distance learning program as the context for research, the study described in this article applied structural equation modeling to investigate the 2nd-order factor structure in student ratings of teaching effectiveness. An a priori model was hypothesized, which consisted of four 1st-order factors and one 2nd-order factor. Data were collected from 2,021 distance students using a multifactor questionnaire. In contrast to all past studies, the presence of a single 2nd-order factor in student ratings was empirically demonstrated through hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis. Implications for future research on the higher order factor structure in student ratings of conventional on-campus courses are also discussed.[Copyright of Structural Equation Modeling is the property of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/S15328007SEM0703_5]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 10705511
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/c49786d4
- 2010-11-24
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