Instructional Assessment System (IAS)
Forms
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| Note: The Instructional Assessment survey forms described below may be viewed in detail at the following web address: http://www.washington.edu/oea/services/course_eval/forms/ |
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FORM A is designed for small lecture/discussion courses. Items emphasize the clarity and quality of information transmitted, as well as the nature of the interaction between instructor and student. Note: This form will be used for all classes, other than lab sections, if no other form is selected by the instructor.
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FORM B is designed for large lecture classes, with little or no in-class interaction between instructor and student. Items strongly emphasize the quality of course organization and information transmitted.
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FORM C is designed for seminar discussion classes which include a minimal amount of formal lecturing by the instructor. The items emphasize quality of discussion as well as course organization and interest level.
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FORM D is tailored to classes whose purpose is the teaching of problem-solving or heuristic methods. Clear explanations, dealing with the student’s difficulties, and quality of problems are emphasized.
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FORM E is designed for those classes which are skill oriented and in which students get "hands on " experiences related to future occupational demands. Such classes include clinical nursing, art studio, social-work field experience, etc.
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FORM F is designed for quiz sections. These are usually taught by graduate teaching assistants, in conjunction with a lecture section taught by a regular faculty member. Items focus on the ability of the quiz section instructor to interact with students and provide clear and useful explanations.
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FORM G is designed for use in large lecture classes (such as those in math) which rely heavily on homework problems and a textbook. Emphasis is on the instructor's ability to communicate with students, and the value of assigned problems and readings.
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FORM H is designed for lab sections generally taught in conjunction with classes in the physical sciences. Items emphasize the instructor's ability to introduce meaningful questions, assist students, and deal with unexpected problems. Note: This form will be used for lab sections if no other form is selected by the instructor.
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FORM I is designed to be used in distance learning (correspondence) courses. Items relate to the instructor's responsiveness and the quality of support material.
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FORM J is designed to evaluate instruction provided through clinical experience rather than traditional academic coursework. Such courses are often found in the health professions or the arts. Items focus on the instructor's ability to provide information, stimulate learning, and demonstrate skills. (clinical or medical)
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FORM K is designed for studio and design courses in which students work autonomously or in small groups to produce artistic, graphic, or other products. Items on this form emphasize student development of skills and effective instructor guidance and feedback.
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FORM L is designed for use with English as a Second Language (ESL) courses and differs from other IAS forms in the simplicity of the language used, the layout of the form (clear separation of course and instructor items), the elimination of items 1-4 common to all other forms, and the inclusion of demographic items.
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FORM X is designed to be used across all course types. It includes a reduced set of items relating to general educational processes and a unique set intended to assess educational outcomes.
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The back of all IAS Forms (Forms A - J, and X) are identical and permit individual instructors to query students on any subject they think is appropriate to the course. Students can answer additional, instructor-generated questions on the back of the IAS form
Yellow Comment Sheets solicit responses to four open-ended questions. Students are asked whether they found the course to be intellectually challenging, which aspects contributed most to learning, which detracted from learning, and what suggestions for improvement they might have.
IAS Online is the web-based analog of the Instructional Assessment System collecting and reporting student assessment of post-secondary courses through the Internet. A custom online database is created for each participating instructional program, allowing program staff to create, link and report evaluations for any number of courses. Users may select standard evaluation items or create new items unique to the course or instructional program. This is recommended for use for courses that are delivered primarily on-line. Contact Hild Peters at 474-5178, fnhmp@uaf.edu, if interested.
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