ABS:Tanner, Research productivity and teaching effectiveness

[Gretchen Whitney]

email address jrt4671 at louisiana.edu   for john tanner
mwt3774 at louisiana.edu  for Michael Totaro

Research productivity and teaching effectiveness: MIS faculty
Tanner J, Totaro M, Hotard D
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
39: (4) 8-15 SUM 1999
Document type: Article  Language: English       Cited References: 16

Abstract:
In order to determine if there are any relationships between MIS faculty
teaching effectiveness and research productivity, a questionnaire was mailed
to 600 MIS faculty throughout the United States. The response rate was
15.983%. After ascertaining that there was no non-response bias,
correlations between teaching effectiveness were found to be generally low.
Also, no significant differences in teaching effectiveness or research
productivity were found with respect to institution size, number of MIS
majors, or accreditation status, when viewed on an average annual basis.
KeyWords Plus:
PERFORMANCE
Addresses:
Tanner J, Univ SW Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504 USA.
Univ SW Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504 USA.
SE Louisiana State Univ, Hammond, LA 70401 USA.
Publisher:
INT ASSOC COMPUTER INFO SYSTEM, STILLWATER
IDS Number:
222TD
ISSN:
0887-4417

Cited References
Research productivity and teaching effectiveness: MIS faculty
Tanner J, Totaro M, Hotard D
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
39: (4) 8-15 SUM 1999


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1998
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1997
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1985
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1989
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1975
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1982
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1989
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1986
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1994
  <<...>> IM JH                 J COMPUT INFORM SYST          37        37
1997
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1991
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1979
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1984  _
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1987
  <<...>> WEST RR               FINANCIAL PRACTICE E           1        17
1991

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Summary and Conclusions: Based on analysis of survey data obtained from
slightly under 100 MIS faculty, it has been found that any relationship
which might possible exist between research productivity and teaching
effectiveness, either directly or inversely, ca best be described as very
weak or convoluted. Both research productivity andteaching effectiveness
have been found to differ among MIS faculty, but the differences are
attributable either institutional or individual factors rather than any
propensity toward high performance in one  category or another. OUR RESULTS
FAIL TO SUPPORT NEITHER THE PROPONENTS NOR OPPONENTS OF THE VIEW THAT
"PRODUCTIVE RESEARCHERS MAKE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS." LIKEWISE, OUR RESULTS ALSO
FAIL TO SUPPORT NEITHER THE PROPONENTS NOR OPPONENTS OF THE VIEW THAT
"PRODUCTIVE RESEARCHERS ARE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR RESEARCH TO BE EFFECTIVE
TEACHERS." [ my emphasis--E. Garfield] Thus, the opponents and proponents
can still debate, as they have before, but out findings seem to indicate
that both are wrong in their beliefs What we have found indeed, in that
there is no link between effective teaching and research productivity one
way or the other. Any such links that might be observed or cited are
strictly individual cases and cannot be assumed to be generally applicable.

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