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Evaluation of Teaching Practices

Evaluation of Teaching Practices is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 39.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of teaching and learning in higher education, including student evaluations, approaches to learning, teaching effectiveness, learning environments, pedagogical training, scholarship of teaching, inquiry-based learning, faculty development, and student perceptions. The papers address the challenges and opportunities in enhancing the quality of teaching and learning experiences in higher education.

  • Student Evaluations
  • Approaches to Learning
  • Teaching Effectiveness
  • Higher Education
  • Learning Environments
  • Pedagogical Training
  • Scholarship of Teaching
  • Inquiry-based Learning
  • Faculty Development
  • Student Perceptions
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
39.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+4%
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Which countries lead Evaluation of Teaching Practices research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1k and 229 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 229 works
  3. 3 Australia 157 works
  4. 4 Canada 131 works
  5. 5 China 114 works
  6. 6 Germany 70 works
  7. 7 India 61 works
  8. 8 South Africa 60 works
  9. 9 Spain 50 works
  10. 10 Norway 41 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 52.8%United Kingdom: 11.8%Australia: 8.1%Canada: 6.8%6 others listed: 20.4%53%largest
United States1,021 · 52.8%United Kingdom229 · 11.8%Australia157 · 8.1%Canada131 · 6.8%6 others listed395 · 20.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Evaluation of Teaching Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Purdue University West Lafayette publishes the most Evaluation of Teaching Practices research, followed by University of Toronto and Rowan University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
  3. 3 Rowan UniversityUnited States 13 works
  4. 4 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 13 works
  5. 5 University of Hong KongHong Kong 11 works
  6. 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 11 works
  7. 7 Deakin UniversityAustralia 10 works
  8. 8 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 10 works
  9. 9 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Evaluation of Teaching Practices?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Evaluation of Teaching Practices include Herbert W. Marsh, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and William G. Tierney.

  1. 1 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie United States 2.6k citations
  3. 3 William G. Tierney United States 2.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Evaluation of Teaching Practices research done?

The largest centres of Evaluation of Teaching Practices research in 2022–2025 are Melbourne (Australia), London (United Kingdom), Brisbane (Australia) and Toronto (Canada).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Melbourne Australia 45 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 35 works
  3. 3 Brisbane Australia 26 works
  4. 4 Toronto Canada 23 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 20 works
  6. 6 Atlanta United States 19 works
  7. 7 Sydney Australia 18 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C. United States 17 works
  9. 9 New York United States 17 works
  10. 10 Singapore Singapore 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Evaluation of Teaching Practices?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Hong Kong, Rowan University and Deakin University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 34.68%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Hong Kong: 11, 77.3%Rowan University: 13, 21.4%Deakin University: 10, 47.2%Auburn University: 9, 29.7%The University of Melbourne: 10, 53.4%Arizona State University: 10, 36.6%University of Toronto: 13, 30.7%Purdue University West Lafayette: 14, 17.8%Swinburne University of Technology: 10, 10.9%University of Glasgow: 10, 21.8%University of Hong K…Deakin UniversityAuburn UniversityRowan University
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Hong KongHong Kong 63.677.3%4.9×11 -22.8%
2 Rowan UniversityUnited States 54.421.4%43.5×13 +6.2%
3 Deakin UniversityAustralia 54.147.2%8.6×10 -18.6%
4 Auburn UniversityUnited States 50.929.7%10.8×9 +51.1%
5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 50.253.4%4.2×10 +39.8%
6 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 47.536.6%5.8×10 +78.3%
7 University of TorontoCanada 47.130.7%3.6×13 +44.2%
8 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 45.017.8%5.5×14 +35.7%
9 Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia 39.910.9%14.2×10 -26.5%
10 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 39.521.8%6.7×10 +7.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Evaluation of Teaching Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Evaluation of Teaching Practices.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.