Teaching Goals Inventory Results
Psychology 101
2020-03-29 8:22 pm
The following table contains your results. The third column contains the percentage of items within each cluster that you rated "essential." The fourth column contains the average rating you assigned to items within each cluster.
Personal Results |
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| Cluster | Goals included in Cluster | Percent Rated "Essential" | Mean Rating |
| I. Higher Order Thinking Skills | 1-8 |
62.50% |
4.63 |
| II. Basic Academic Success Skills | 9-17 |
66.67% |
4.67 |
| III. Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills | 18-25 |
62.50% |
4.63 |
| IV. Liberal Arts and Academic Values | 26-35 |
30.00% |
4.30 |
| V. Work and Career Preparation | 36-43 |
100.00% |
5.00 |
| VI. Personal Development | 44-52 |
88.89% |
4.44 |
It may be useful to compare your results to those of a large sample of teachers. This table provides mean cluster ratings and the average percentage of items in each cluster rated "essential." The data were collected from over 2,800 faculty members at 15 community colleges and 17 private four year colleges. The sample is clearly biased in the direction of faculty working at institutions with the education of undergraduates as their primary mission, and if your institution's mission differs, you will want to keep that in mind.
Table 10.3 |
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| Four-Year Colleges | Community Colleges | |||
| TGI Cluster | M | % | M | % |
| I. Higher order thinking skills | 3.05 | 43 | 3.09 | 45 |
| III. Discipline-specific | 2.86 | 37 | 2.83 | 36 |
| VI Personal development | 2.28 | 25 | 2.41 | 28 |
| V. Work and career | 2.27 | 21 | 2.02 | 18 |
| IV. Liberal Arts | 3.05 | 43 | 3.09 | 45 |
| II. Basic Skills | 3.05 | 43 | 3.09 | 45 |
*Reproduced with permission.
The table that follows shows the three most-endorsed goals in each of nine disciplines. If you rated any of these goals "essential" they appear in bold type.
Table 10.2 |
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| Percent Rating Goals "Essential" | |||||||||
| Teaching goal (TGI #) | Arts |
Hum |
Eng. |
B. Sk. |
Soc. Sci. |
Bus. |
Med. |
Sci. |
Math |
| Apply principles (1) | 59 |
57 |
69 |
73 |
61 |
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| Math skills (17) | 61 |
60 |
84 |
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| Terms and facts (18) | 61 |
60 |
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| Wise decisions (52) | 70 |
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| Analytic Skills (2) | 66 |
73 |
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| Self-esteem (45) | 63 |
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| Think for self (51) | 66 |
59 |
75 |
65 |
50 |
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| Responsible for self (44) | 68 |
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| Value of subject (21) | 56 |
52 |
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| Concepts and theories (19) | 71 |
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| Creativity (7) | 69 |
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| Writing skills (15) | 84 |
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| Aesthetic appreciation (31) | 78 |
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| Openness to ideas (27) | 56 |
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| Problem solving (3) | 57 |
84 |
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The rest of this report lists the goals you rated sorted by your ratings.
You identified your primary role as a teacher as "Fostering student development and personal growth".
Goals You Rated "Essential"
2. Develop analytic skills
5. Develop ability to synthesize and integrate information and ideas
6. Develop ability to think holistically: to see the whole as well as the parts
7. Develop ability to think creatively
9. Improve skill at paying attention
12. Improve listening skills
13. Improve speaking skills
14. Improve reading skills
15. Improve writing skills
16. Develop appropriate study skills, strategies, and habits
18. Learn terms and facts of this subject
19. Learn concepts and theories in this subject
20. Develop skill in using materials, tools, and/or technology central to this subject
21. Learn to understand perspectives and values of this subject
25. Learn to appreciate important contributions to this subject
27. Develop an openness to new ideas
29. Develop a commitment to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
30. Develop a lifelong love of learning
36. Develop ability to work productively with others
37. Develop management skills
38. Develop leadership skills
39. Develop a commitment to accurate work
40. Improve ability to follow directions, instructions, and plans
41. Improve ability to organize and use time effectively
42. Develop a commitment to personal achievement
43. Develop ability to perform skillfully
44. Cultivate a sense of responsibility for ones's own behavior
45. Improve self-esteem/self-confidence
46. Develop a commitment to ones's own values
47. Develop respect for ones's own values
48. Cultivate emotional health and well-being
49. Cultivate physical health and well being
50. Cultivate an active commitment to honesty
51. Develop capacity to think for oneself
Goals You Rated "Very Important"
4. Develop ability to draw reasonable inferences from observations
8. Develop ability to distinguish between fact and opinion
10. Develop ability to concentrate
11. Improve memory skills
17. Improve mathematical skills
22. Prepare for transfer or graduate study
23. Learn techniques and methods used to gain new knowledge in this subject
24. Learn to evaluate methods and materials in this subject
26. Develop an appreciation of the liberal arts and sciences
28. Develop an informed concern about contemporary social issues
31. Develop aesthetic appreciation
32. Develop an informed historical perspective
33. Develop an informed understanding of the role of science and technology
34. Develop an informed appreciation of other cultures
35. Develop capacity to make informed ethical choices