Best practices suggest that faculty members be allowed to add three to five items of their choice to the required departmental teaching evaluation form. The resources below contain sample additional items for evaluating various aspects of teaching.
Using Additional Questions with the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction System:
Additional items for:
- Assignments, Grades & Exams
- Clinical and Practicum
- Course Objectives
- Instructor
- Laboratory
- Recitation (Help Sessions)
- Self-Paced
- Seminar and Discussion
- Student Development (Self-Rating)
- Studio and Creative Arts
- Team Teaching
Instructor Optional Questions - University of Pittsburgh
- Assignments
- Classroom Activities
- Clinical
- Course-Related Items
- Department-Related Items
- Discussions and Questions
- Distance Learning
- Examinations and Quizzes
- Feedback
- Guest Speaker
- Handouts
- Instructor Interactions with Students
- Laboratory
- Language Classes
- Lecture
- Pace and Difficulty
- Planning and Organization
- Professional Development
- Readings
- Recitation Section
- Small Groups
- Student Attitudes and Values
- Student Development
- Student Motivation
- Student-Related Items
- Teaching-Related Items
- Team Teaching
- Textbook
Student Evaluation of Teaching System - University of Idaho
- Course Level and Difficulty
- Exams
- Instructor
- Interest and Curiosity
- Knowledge and Skill Development
- Lab Sections
- Online Materials
- Reading Assignments
- Recitation Sections
- Social Skills and Attitudes
- Student Self-Concept
- Textbooks
- Written Assignments
Student Development Items - American University
- Interests and Curiosity
- Knowledge and Skills
- Professional Skills and Attitudes
- Social Skills and Attitudes
- Student Self-Concept
Instructor Ratings - American University
- Feedback
- Instructor Skills
- Interaction
- Organization
- Rapport
Course Elements - American University
- Computer Assisted Instruction and Learning
- Difficulty
- Discussion Sections
- Examinations
- Experiential Learning Activities
- Grading
- Laboratory Assignments
- Media
- Reading Assignments
- Syllabus
- Textbook
- Written Assignments
