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- Motivational Climate Predicts Student Evaluations of Teaching: Relationships Between Students’ Course Perceptions, Ease of Course, and Evaluations of TeachingJones, Brett D.; Miyazaki, Yasuo; Li, Mingyun; Biscotte, Stephen (American Educational Research Association, 2022-02-23)Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are important at most colleges and universities. One purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which motivational climate was associated with SETs. Another purpose was to determine whether course ease was associated with SETs. Participants included 2,949 undergraduate students from 30 courses at a large public university. Using hierarchical linear modeling, we examined the extent to which students’ motivation-related course perceptions (empowerment/autonomy, usefulness, success expectancies, situational interest, and caring) related to SETs at the student and class levels. SETs were highly associated with motivational climate. Furthermore, easier courses were rated lower by students when controlling for motivational climate and the demographical composition of the class. These findings highlight the association between the motivational climate and SETs and suggest that one way to improve SETs may be for instructors to focus on improving the motivational climate rather than making the course easier.
- Pathways to General Education newsletter, Fall 2017Biscotte, Stephen (Virginia Tech. Office of General Education, 2017)This is the second edition of the newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech.
- Pathways to General Education newsletter, Fall 2018Biscotte, Stephen; Corell, Rachel (Virginia Tech. Office of General Education, 2018)This is the fourth edition of the newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech.
- Pathways to General Education newsletter, Fall 2019Biscotte, Stephen; Corell, Rachel (Virginia Tech. Office of General Education, 2019)This is the sixth edition of the newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech.
- Pathways to General Education newsletter, March 2017Biscotte, Stephen (Virginia Tech. Office of General Education, 2017-03)This is the first edition of the newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech.
- Pathways to General Education newsletter, Spring 2018Biscotte, Stephen; Corell, Rachel (Virginia Tech. Office of General Education, 2018)This is the third edition of the newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech.
- Pathways to General Education newsletter, Spring 2019Biscotte, Stephen; Corell, Rachel (Virginia Tech. Office of General Education, 2019)This is the fifth edition of the newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech.
- Pathways WebDeisher, Christopher; Rocconi, Christopher; Gaughan, Erin; White, Jordan; Michael, Louis; Kohl, Riley (Virginia Tech, 2017-04-28)Virginia Tech is updating its general education requirements, replacing the Curriculum for Liberal Education (CLE) with the Pathways Program. With this effort the Office of General Education is trying to improve the way that courses are publicized. The goal of this push is to allow students to make a more informed decision about which courses to select to fulfill their general education requirements. Our team worked with a team in the Office of General Education to revamp the current Pathways website by producing new content for courses. For each course, this included creating a course trailer, taking photographs of the course, writing synopses, and interviewing students about their experiences with the course. Additionally, we produced a series of more faculty oriented podcasts to provide some context for the program on the whole. This new content was added to an updated version of the website we created which at the time of writing is awaiting approval as a part of a larger Pathways web presence overhaul.