1988 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 61-69
In this paper, the authors suggest a ""Matched Evaluation"" method which, unlike similar evaluation systems, takes into account not only an evaluation of the teacher's instructional activities but also the students'self-evaluations. This makes it possible to simultaneously study both the overall quality of learning in the class as a whole as well as that of each individual student. In a practical application of this method in analyzing the teaching/learning process in an Industrial Arts course titled ""Electricity I,"" the authors discovered the following: 1. In the unit on ""Design of Electric Appliances,""it is necessary to pay greater attention to an analysis of the treatment and teaching methods used regarding fluorescent light materials. 2. In the unit on ""Prevention of Electrical Accidents,"" it is necessary to improve the teaching materials and aids being utilized so as to better match the students'own life experiences. By studying the quality of the learning going on in the classroom in this way, the authors were able to obtain data for objectively improving teaching methods. To date, however, similar methods have been conducted primarily only from the teacher's point of view. The practical application ofthis new method shows that it holds great promise for contributing to the improvement of teaching methods in the Industrial Arts.
