A Study on the Effectiveness of Formative Evaluation to Improve Teaching and Learning

碩士 === 逢甲大學 === 國際經營管理碩士學位學程 === 101 === This study intended to investigate the performance of formative evaluation as well as track back the factors impacting the summative evaluation results of Feng Chia University. An early evaluation of department instruction is an important way to provide lectu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thawarot Thongkham, 金俊龍
Other Authors: Cathy WS Chen
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32218072003869374385
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Summary:碩士 === 逢甲大學 === 國際經營管理碩士學位學程 === 101 === This study intended to investigate the performance of formative evaluation as well as track back the factors impacting the summative evaluation results of Feng Chia University. An early evaluation of department instruction is an important way to provide lecturers with the ability to produce a progressive, vibrant form of higher education—a benefit which is maximized when lectures concurrently utilize formative evaluations and the Japanese concept of Kaizen (making small progressive changes to achieve great results). The data set was obtained from the results of completed formative evaluations that were accessed through the University’s Online Blackboard System during the 1st and 2nd semesters of 2011, and the 1st semester of 2012. The statistical techniques include box plot, t-test, and one-way ANOVA, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and Tukey’s test to analyze the data set. The results show that in term of average scores of formative evaluation, there were significantly different among colleges in 2nd semester of 2012. There was a causal relationship between formative evaluations and summative evaluations—most noticeably by indicating that lecturers performed poorly in summative evaluation concerning teaching methods and interaction with their students. Ultimately, this study found that formative evaluations provided the university administrators with the feedback required to enhance the quality of education at Feng Chia University.