{"product_id":"9781579229832","title":"Top 10 Flashpoints in Student Ratings and the Evaluation of Teaching: What Faculty and Administrators Must Know to Protect Themselves in Employment Decisions","description":"ATTENTION: ALL FACULTY \u0026amp; ADMINISTRATORS\u003cbr\u003e“Another book on student ratings? Are you kidding me?” “Nope, but this one is REALLY different.” \u003cp\u003eAnother review of the research or step-by-step on how to develop and interpret rating scales? NOT! (Berk did that with Thirteen Strategies) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to solve YOUR problems, conflicts, and confusion about how to evaluate teaching. Written expressly for YOU with Berk’s signature sense of humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFLASHPOINT: a critical stage in a process, trouble spot, contentious issue, volatile hot button, or lowest temperature at which a flammable liquid will give off enough vapor to ignite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe “flashpoints” covered are the topics that pop up the most frequently and heatedly on listservs, blogs, and the literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach flashpoint is defined succinctly, options are presented, and then evidence-based recommendations for concrete action steps are proffered in an effort to stop the popping.\u003cbr\u003eThe recommendations are grounded in psychometric, professional, and legal standards. The last-named, in particular, can protect you from costly litigation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you hire, promote, demote, and fire full- and part-time faculty based on student ratings and other measures, then you are vulnerable to violations of federal anti-discrimination laws. Several flashpoints address procedures you can take to stay out of court. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are a faculty member, you need to know whether your institution’s measures of teaching are appropriate and defensible, and what you should do if they are not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour sample “flashpoints” and solutions:\u003cbr\u003e• Use of global items for summative decisions. SOLUTION: “Cease \u0026amp; desist” and use scale and subscale ratings\u003cbr\u003e• Low response rate in online administrations. SOLUTION: 20 strategies to increase rates\u003cbr\u003e• Scales to evaluate online and blended\/hybrid courses. SOLUTION: 7 strategies are suggested and evaluated \u003cbr\u003e• Use of ratings for contract renewal, pay raise, teaching awards, and promotion and tenure. SOLUTION: Applying 80\/20 rule for adverse impact to avoid lawsuits related to unequal pay, gender, race, ethnicity, and age discrimination\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stylus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052689670384,"sku":"9781579229832","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781579229832_p0.jpg?v=1763800340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781579229832","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}