Development and Validation of Lecturer Teaching Assessment Scale for Nigerian Universities

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This study is part of a research funded through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) research grant, Abuja Nigeria. The authors are therefore grateful to the TETFund office Abuja and Taraba State University Management for facilitating the grant.

Abstract

The present study developed and examined the factorial validity of scores on the Lecturer Teaching Assessment Scale across lecturers of universities in North-east Nigeria.  This study presents a validation report of the Lecturer’s Teaching Assessment Scale (LECTAS) developed for the assessment of lecturer’s teaching effectiveness in Universities. It also examined the factor structure of the LECTAS, its logical validity, and internal consistency reliability coefficients. The study adopted the Developmental and survey research designs. A total of 2600 students that completed the developed LECTAS constituted the sample for the study. The 34-item LECTAS was used to collect data for the study. Collected data were subjected to reliability and factor analyses. Results showed that the scale is valid and reliable in assessing lecturers teaching output. The LECTAS was adjudged to possess construct validity. The results revealed that the LECTAS was reliable (Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.932. Thus, the LECTAS possessed adequate psychometric qualities that make it suitable to assess lecturers’ teaching effectiveness in Nigerian universities.

Keywords: Development, Factor Analysis, Teaching Assessment, Validation, Scaling

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-5-05