What is the Good Teaching Scale (GTS)?
Good Teaching Scale (GTS) measures students’ perceptions of teaching standards. It focuses on teachers’ feedback, motivation, attention, understanding of problems and skill in explaining concepts. High scores on this scale are associated with the perception that there are good practices in place, conversely lower scores reflect a perception that these practices occur less frequently. Items making up the GTS for the Higher Education version of the CES are: • The teaching staff in this course motivate me to do my best work. • The staff put a lot of time into commenting on my work. • The staff made a real effort to understand difficulties I might be having with my work. • The teaching staff normally gave me helpful feedback on how I am going in this course. • My lecturers were extremely good at explaining things. • The teaching staff work hard to make this course interesting. Items making up the GTS for the TAFE version of the CES are: • My instructors had a thorough knowledge of the subj
