COMPARISON OF INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FULL‐ AND PART‐TIME FACULTY

Abstract

This study was designed to compare full‐ and part‐time faculty on three instructional effectiveness dimensions. Student ratings of teaching, course retention ratios, and subsequent student achievement in advanced courses were used to compare the two teaching groups. Multianalysis of variance (MANOVA), z‐test and analysis of covariance were used to analyze the two groups on the dependent measures. No significant differences were found between the two teaching groups on the effectiveness dimensions. Limitations of the study and future research directions are also discussed.