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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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 |
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"
| Number | Question |
|---|---|
| 1. | Develop ability to apply principles and generalizations already learned to new problems and situations |
| 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"
| Number | Question |
|---|---|
| 3. | Develop problem-solving skills |
| 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 |
Goals You Rated "Important"
No Goals Rated Important
Goals You Rated "Unimportant"
No Goals Rated Unimportant
Goals You Rated "Not Applicable"
No Goals Rated Not Applicable