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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT EVALUATIONS AND TEACHER QUALITY IN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAUDI ARABIA: ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS AND MULTILEVEL MODELING

Alqarni, Abdulelah M, Dr
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1424789095

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2015, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
This study examines the multilevel factors (i.e., student’s achievement, Arabic teacher quality measure [ATQM] scores, and rural and urban school) that influence student ratings of teachers (SRT) in Saudi Arabia among third grade high school students (i.e., equivalent to 12th graders in the United States). Rasch Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, and Analysis of Covariance were used to investigate the following three main objectives: (a) developing and adapting an ATQM, (b) developing a measure of SRT, and (c) examining the relationship between student-, teacher-, and school-level factors on student ratings of teacher on the SRT. Specific to the first objective, a psychometrically sound measure of teacher quality was developed. The results retained a 24-question measure focusing on four domains: (a) Teacher Planning and Preparation, (b) Classroom Environment, (c) Teacher Instruction, and (d) Teacher Professionalism. The second objective, a 25-question SRT measure was examined. The third objective found that a significant relationship between teacher quality scores and SRT scores, with higher teacher quality related to lower student ratings of teacher scores. Additionally significant differences were found between urban schools and rural schools on student ratings of teacher scores, with rural schools having higher SRT scores. Future research should continue to define the network of relationships between pupil-, teacher-, and school-level factors and SRT, and maintain the measures revision and validation process of both the ATQM and the SRT. The findings support administrative demands for more efficient ways to monitor teacher quality, and in turn, meet educational standards and improve school outcomes.
Tricia Niesz, PhD (Advisor)
Margarita Kokinova, PhD (Committee Member)
Christopher Was, PhD (Committee Member)
198 p.
Educational Tests and Measurements
Student evaluations; student ratings of teacher; teacher quality; Item response theory IRT; Rasch analysis; Multilevel modeling; hierarchical linear model HLM;

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  • Alqarni, A. M. (2015). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT EVALUATIONS AND TEACHER QUALITY IN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAUDI ARABIA: ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS AND MULTILEVEL MODELING [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1424789095

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alqarni, Abdulelah. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT EVALUATIONS AND TEACHER QUALITY IN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAUDI ARABIA: ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS AND MULTILEVEL MODELING. 2015. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1424789095.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alqarni, Abdulelah. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT EVALUATIONS AND TEACHER QUALITY IN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAUDI ARABIA: ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS AND MULTILEVEL MODELING." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1424789095

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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