Abstract

MORAIS, Natércia; ALMEIDA, Leandro S.  and  MONTENEGRO, M. Irene. Percepções do ensino pelos alunos: Uma proposta de instrumento para o Ensino Superior. Aná. Psicológica [online]. 2006, vol.24, n.1, pp.73-86. ISSN 0870-8231.

We present the validation of the questionnaire Percepções do Ensino pelos Alunos (PEA), inspired in the Student’s Evaluation of Educational Quality Questionnaire (SEEQ; Marsh, 2001), using a sample of 41 962 surveys collected on the second semester of 2003/04 at the University of Minho. Based on the correlation coefficients’ scores between items per questionnaire’s dimensions, a reduction from 33 to 23 items was made. The factor structure does not reply the nine factors in Marsh’s studies (2001). However, the results seem consistently organized in five factors: (i) quality and value of learning; (ii) value of social aspects of teaching and learning; (iii) value of teaching and other aspects of the curriculum; (iv) value of the evaluation; and, (v) personal confrontation of the student with the characteristics and requirements of the unit. For a more accurate analysis, it is possible to aggregate the items in the nine Marsh’s dimensions: (i) Learning/Academic Value; (ii) Instructor Enthusiasm; (iii) Organization/Clarity; (iv) Group Interaction; (v) Individual Rapport; (vi) Breadth of Coverage; (vii) Examinations/Grading; (viii) Assignments/Readings; and, (ix) Workload/Difficulty. The existence of main effects of the year and type of class was observed in the majority of the dimensions, showing that the students’ perceptions relative to lecturers of more advanced and practical classes are more favourable.

Keywords : Higher education; teaching evaluation; students’ perceptions of teaching; pedagogy at University.

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