Everett Community College

Detailed Info from the IDEA Center

The IDEA Center has published a number of papers and reports about their student ratings system. A small selection of those files is available below. 

Please visit the IDEA Center's website  if you would like to see all their offerings. (If you see references to the Diagnostic Form and the Short Form on their website, we use the Diagnostic Form.)

Research Notes

• Teaching Evaluation and Number of Objectives Chosen  - Reseach on how the number of learning objectives selected as important or essential affects IDEA teaching evaluations

Research Reports

• Validity of the IDEA Student Ratings  - Results of studies of the validity of the IDEA ratings system
• Teaching Styles and Learning Outcomes  - Research seeking to identify teaching styles that facilitate student progress on specific learning objectives
• Teaching Approach, Instructional Objectives, and Learning  - Research into the relationships between teaching methods, learning objectives, and student learning
• Are Quantitatively Oriented Courses Different?  - Research on the distinctive characteristics of courses emphasizing math/quantitative skills and the effects on student ratings
• Are Student Ratings of Courses and Instructors Fair to Faculty Teaching General/Liberal Education Classes?  - Explores whether, when it comes to students ratings, instructors of classes students want to take have an advantage over instructors of classes students are required to take

 Technical Reports

• Data about the IDEA System  - This report is divided into six sections. (1) Basic Data (including means, standard deviations, norms for types of institution, and inter-correlations of all items), (2) The Structure of the Ratings, (3) The Process of Adjusting Ratings, (4) Reliability, (5) Validity, and (6) Other Technical Questions
• Disciplinary Difference in Student Ratings  - This report explores the question is there a significant difference in student ratings among disciplines.