1. Professor William Rundell, Head of the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University, has made a report on a study of teaching evaluation available at the following web site:

http://www.math.tamu.edu/~william.rundell/teaching_evaluations

This report is not viewable by your browser. It is in postscript or .pdf format. When you click on the location above, the postscript or .pdf file will be downloaded to your computer. You must then save it on your hard disk, and print it out or view it using a postscript or .pdf file viewer.

A web version, at lower resolution, is also available here.

2. Jim Yao wrote a note entitled " On the Quality of Teaching" in April 1982, with postscript and comments by Prof. G.A.Leonerds dated January 1983. In this note, Dr. Yao recalled his five "all-time best teachers" at the University of Illinois at Urbana, in the 1950's, and concluded that "...the quality of good teaching is not unique and cannot be clearly defined." In the postscript, Dr. Leonerds made an astute and concise analysis and raised an important question regarding teaching evaluation.

3. Dr. C. H. Samson wrote an article entitled " Comments on Teaching Evaluation " on 30 June 1997. In this article, he suggested a rational approach to study this important topic along with a good history of early developments at Texas A&M University."

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