STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FACULTY TECHNICAL CURRENCY, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR THEIR LEARNING/ SUCCESS

摘要

The paper presents the results of a study that explored the relationships between students' perceptions of the importance of three faculty dimensions - technical currency, teaching techniques, and commitment to student success - to their learning/success, expressed in terms of self-reported technical competencies and GPA in a technology-based baccalaureate electronics engineering technology (EET) program at a teaching university. The sample (N=225) was composed of seniors of the BSEET program from 13 geographically diverse campuses of a teaching university. More than 75% of the EET seniors agreed that the constructs of faculty technical currency, teaching techniques, and commitment to student success, are important to their learning/success.