Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2011
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2011) 29: 147-159
doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0029.015
Abstract
Students and instructors rated first-day class satisfaction and completed scales assessing the time that instructors spent on introductions, course policies, procedures, and course content. For students, interest on or before the first day, and for faculty, excitement and confidence in students’ abilities, strongly predicted satisfaction on the first day. Student and instructor satisfaction also were positively associated with time devoted to hows and whys, content, and introductions. Findings contradict previous empirical studies of student satisfaction but are consistent with faculty development recommendations.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND