A questionnaire for listening to students’ voices in the assessment of teaching...

• Author(s): Gaspar, M. Filomena ; Mota-Pinto, Anabela ; da Conceição, Hugo Camilo F ; Pereira da Silva, José António
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20301
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Educação Médica
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

and assess its reliability by using it with a sample of first-year medical students. Principal components analysis with varimax orthogonal rotation resulted in the development of a 12-item, two-component tool, adequate for use in lectures and smallgroup sessions. The two components were named ‘curriculum’ and ‘relationship’. The Cronbach coefficient alpha values indicated high reliability and internal consistency. According to the results obtained this teaching quality scale is a reliable measure and may be useful in identifying themes in disciplines and among teachers that may benefit from some professional development. Amongst its advantages is that it can be used with an optical reading tool.