Teaching Case Studies Archive — Page 14

What Students Really Mean by Teaching Excellence

From the paper: The meaning of excellence in learning and teaching to students. A mixed methods study reveals that students define excellent teaching through support, student-centricity, and opportunities for growth.

Who Actually Fills In Student Evaluations? New Evidence on Non-Response Bias

A randomised US study tests how evaluation prompts and timing affect participation, response length and representation.

Can Machine Learning Help Instructors Make Sense of Student Evaluation Comments?

Eleven instructors discuss machine-learning reports of mid-semester teaching comments. This review distinguishes reported usefulness from measured teaching improvement.

Conditional Belonging: What Minority Ethnic STEM Students Tell UK Universities

From the paper: ‘I deserve to be here’: minority ethnic students and their conditional belonging in UK higher education. How belonging becomes conditional — and what universities can do about it.

Emotional engagement in online forums: three students’ experiences

Prestridge follows three students in an online module to examine emotional engagement. These cases offer perspectives on participation, rather than a validated typology or a causal test.

PhD competency confidence varies by research style: evidence from 1,105 doctoral students

Sim and Zhang develop a competency-confidence inventory with 1,105 Hong Kong PhD students and examine associations with research styles. The study measures perceived competencies.

Architecture students' perspectives on communication

An analysis of architecture students' education experiences, emphasizing the importance of effective communication and course structure.

Do fieldwork and placements improve history education?

An exploration of how fieldwork and placements enhance history education in the UK, preparing students for the future.

How do economics students rate their university libraries?

Learn how university libraries boost the academic success of economics students, from resources to study spaces.

What do UK anthropology students need from learning resources?

Learn how UK anthropology students use resources to enhance their learning experience, both online and offline.

AI and Education - Equity Challenges and Opportunities

This post explores AI's role in UK education, focusing on equity opportunities and challenges, highlighting both the potential benefits and risks of AI in creating or exacerbating disparities.

Algorithmic fairness in student performance ML models

How can at risk students be identified and supported in higher education whilst avoiding discrimatory bias?

Benchmarking Student Engagement in UK Higher Education

This post on UK higher education explores benchmarking to enhance student engagement and educational quality through student feedback and innovative practices.

Exploring the depths of student dissatisfaction in UK higher education

Exploring student dissatisfaction in UK higher education, focusing on the impact of surveys on policies and rankings.

Navigating the storm - the impact of student voice on UK academics

Learn how UK academics use student feedback for better teaching, focusing on text analysis to handle challenges and improve education.

Revolutionising Student Evaluation Data Use in UK Higher Education

UK universities revolutionise student evaluation use, adopting new analysis methods to enhance teaching quality and responsiveness to feedback.

Student voices in evaluation - motivations and perceptions

This post explores UK students' views on evaluations, emphasizing the need for clarity and actionable feedback to enhance education.

Exploring the concept of student voice through four theoretical lens

Student voice in higher education can be conceptualised by considering theories dervied from compulsary education research, economics, philosophy, and human geography.

Appreciative inquiry as a student voice practice in HE

Appreciative inquiry promotes positive student voice and aims to create a collaborative community which inspires transformation.

Respect is key for successful student voice as co-creation practices

Respectful and self-respecting dialogue between staff and students is essential for the development equitable higher education practices

How to enhance student voice in university governance

The effectiveness of student voice in university governance can be enhanced by considering the experiences of student representatives.

Implications of initial teacher reaction to student voice

How do teacher reactions to student evaluations impact teaching practices and how feedback timing and presentation enhance student voice.

Student voice in the context of marketized higher education

Explore how the marketized higher education system impacts student voice in curriculum design and the challenges of student-as-consumer roles.

The importance of distinguishing student voice practices

Investigating the differences between student voice practices by considering student responsibility and access, and exploring why this important