Table 2 List of survey instruments related to faculty use of EBIPs including measures of faculty teaching practices, beliefs, and institutional climate; barriers; and supports to using EBIPs. (Note: list is not intended to be exhaustive but to demonstrate what is being done in these areas)
Instrument | Foci | |
|---|---|---|
Measures of teaching practices and/or beliefs | ||
Walter et al., 2016 | Postsecondary Instructional Practices Survey (PIPS) | Examines faculty teaching in the areas of instructor-student, student-student, and student-content interactions along with formative and summative assessment use where faculty rated how descriptive of their teaching each statement was. Includes open ended question about what they would change about their department to better support teaching; non-evaluative |
Wieman & Gilbert, 2014 | Teaching Practices Inventory (TPI) | Inventory of teaching practices used by faculty teaching science and math courses |
Trigwell & Prosser, 2004 | Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI) | Series of statements about classroom practices, pedagogical beliefs, and attitudes of faculty who teach undergraduate engineering, math, and science courses in higher ed |
CPRIU, 2012; IU Bloomington | Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) | Measures instructional staff’s expectations for student engagement in empirically-tested educational practices. Examines aspects such as how often effective teaching strategies are used, how often students are encouraged to collaborate, value placed on learning and development, and how they organize their time |
Marbach-Ad et al., 2012 | Survey of Teaching Beliefs and Practices (STEP) | Examines instructor educational goals, practices, and perceived challenges in balancing competing responsibilities |
Hurtado et al., 2012 | Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Faculty Survey | Examines experiences, attitudes, satisfaction, and teaching practices of chem and bio faculty, GTAs, and undergrads; designed for professional development (PD) program evaluation |
Froyd et al., 2013 | Survey instrument based on Henderson’s 2009 physics survey | Examines engineering faculty’s awareness and use of selected Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS)s and what concerns they had about using RBISs |
Lund & Stains, 2015 | “Online Survey” based on various prior instruments | Survey is a mix of previous instruments plus literature-based questions examining instructor awareness and adoption of EBIPs, communication channels, attitudes and beliefs about teaching, and contextual factors affecting faculty decision-making |
Henderson & Dancy, 2009 | Henderson & Dancy Physics Faculty Survey (HDPFS) | Examines teaching practices of physics faculty teaching intro physics courses |
Borrego et al., 2013 | Borrego Engineering Faculty Survey (BEFS) | Examines engineering faculty teaching engineering science courses; looks at their use of research-based instructional practices |
Macdonald et al., 2005 | On the Cutting Edge Survey (OCES) | Examines teaching practices of geoscience faculty who are teaching undergraduate geoscience courses |
Zieffler et al., 2012 | Statistics Teaching Inventory (STI) | Designed to assess the practices used by and beliefs of instructors of intro statistics courses |
Walczyk & Ramsey, 2003 | Survey of Instruction and Assessment Strategies (SIAS) | Assesses the use of learner-centered instructional methods among science and math faculty |
Durham, Knight, & Couch, 2017 | Measurement Instrument for Scientific Teaching (MIST) | Measures frequencies of EBIPs used by instructors in undergraduate science courses |
National Center for Educational Statistics, 2004 | National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) | Measures faculty academic and professional background, sociodemographic characteristics, and employment characteristics such as institutional responsibilities and workload, job satisfaction, and compensation. Includes a section on attitudes and changes in teaching practice |
Measures of institutional climate or barriers to using EBIPs | ||
Shell, 2001 | Perceived Barriers to Teaching for Critical Thinking | Examines barriers to nursing faculty using teaching methods that help develop critical thinking in students |
Walter et al., 2014 | Survey of climate for instructional improvement (SCII) | Measures 7 organizational climate components: rewards, resources, PD, collegiality, academic freedom and autonomy, leadership, and shared perceptions about students and teaching |
Bathgate et al., 2019 | Online Survey | Measures the existence (yes or no) of 30 paired supports and barriers to faculty implementing EBIPs |