Shohreh Emdadi; Firouz Amani; Ali Reza Soltanian; Behzad Imani; Amirhosein Maghsoud; Setareh Shojaeei; Masoumeh Zargaran; Yadollah Fathi; Gholamhosein Fallahi; Mahnaz Khatibian; Majid Motamedzadeh; Farahnaz Kamali
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 87-94
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Background & Objective: Evaluation is an essential process for educational institutions and one of the most common methods of evaluation of teachers is evaluation by students Students are the real customers in the educational process therefore their judgments should be important variables in determining ...
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Background & Objective: Evaluation is an essential process for educational institutions and one of the most common methods of evaluation of teachers is evaluation by students Students are the real customers in the educational process therefore their judgments should be important variables in determining teaching status of teachers According to customercentric principles the consumers satisfaction must be met This study assessed the validation of the current teacher evaluation form in theoretical courses Methods: This was a crosssectional study investigating the validity and reliability of the teacher evaluation form that is completed by students and identifying some factors affecting student evaluations To determine content validity of the teacher evaluation form 20 expert teachers were selected proportional to the number of teachers of each school of the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences To assess the reliability coefficient of the form 189 students were selected from different schools by proportional random sampling Results : According to the results questions such as rate of adherence to the determined topics providing practical application of teaching materials and the efficacy of determined assignments did not have the necessary validity score However the results indicated that validity of the questionnaire was acceptable In the present study the SpearmenBrown correlation coefficient indicated that the teacher evaluation form did not have an acceptable reliability (r = 0456 P < 0001) Conclusion: The current teacher evaluation form has an acceptable content validity but it does not seem reliable
Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Hazavehei; Yadollah Fathi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 85-93
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Background: According to the educational policy and regulation offering academic advising to the students is one of the essential faculty members responsibilities and medical universities must guide the students during their education in order to prevent any academic problems and barriers and improve ...
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Background: According to the educational policy and regulation offering academic advising to the students is one of the essential faculty members responsibilities and medical universities must guide the students during their education in order to prevent any academic problems and barriers and improve academic achievement Objective: To Compare the effect of two educational methods on academic advisors knowledge attitude and practice Methods: Eightyseven advisors participated in this experimental study The participants were randomly divided into two groups The first group (N=43) receiving selflearning educational materials participated in a oneday workshop The second group only received selflearning educational materials A reliable and valid questionnaire was distributed to gather data Results: The findings indicated the knowledge of the advisors about advising and counselling in the first group ( =1477 SD=31) was higher than the advisors in the second group ( =1154 SD=276) so that a significant difference was observed between the two groups (P
