Teacher's Performance Evaluation
(IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2009
Acquiring Knowledge for Evaluation of Teachers’ Performance in Higher Education – using a Questionnaire
Hafeez Ullah Amin
Institute of Information Technology Kohat University of Science & Technology (KUST) Kohat, Pakistan Email: hafeezullahamin@gmail.com
Abstract— in this paper, we present the step by step knowledge acquisition process by choosing a structured method through using a questionnaire as a knowledge acquisition tool. Here we want to depict the problem domain as, “how to evaluate teacher’s performance in higher education through the use of expert system technology”. The problem is how to acquire the specific knowledge for a selected problem efficiently and effectively from human experts and to encode it in the suitable computer format. Acquiring knowledge from human experts in the process of Expert Systems development is one of the most common problems cited till yet. This questionnaire was sent to 87 domain experts within all public and private universities of Pakistan. Among them 25 domain experts sent their valuable opinions. Most of the domain experts were highly qualified, well experienced and highly responsible persons. The whole questionnaire was divided into 15 main groups of factors, which were further divided into 99 individual questions. These facts were analyzed further to reach a final shape of the questionnaire. This knowledge acquisition technique may be used as a learning tool for further research work. Keywords- Expert system, knowledge acquisition, decision making, human resource management, questionnaire, domain experts
Abdur Rashid Khan
Institute of Computing and Information Technology Gomal University, D.I.Khan, Pakistan Email: rashidkh08@yahoo.com
development [1, 11, 12, 14, 15]. It is among the most common cited problem in the construction of expert system. The literature study shows that there exist a number of knowledge acquisition
Acquiring Knowledge for Evaluation of Teachers’ Performance in Higher Education – using a Questionnaire
Hafeez Ullah Amin
Institute of Information Technology Kohat University of Science & Technology (KUST) Kohat, Pakistan Email: hafeezullahamin@gmail.com
Abstract— in this paper, we present the step by step knowledge acquisition process by choosing a structured method through using a questionnaire as a knowledge acquisition tool. Here we want to depict the problem domain as, “how to evaluate teacher’s performance in higher education through the use of expert system technology”. The problem is how to acquire the specific knowledge for a selected problem efficiently and effectively from human experts and to encode it in the suitable computer format. Acquiring knowledge from human experts in the process of Expert Systems development is one of the most common problems cited till yet. This questionnaire was sent to 87 domain experts within all public and private universities of Pakistan. Among them 25 domain experts sent their valuable opinions. Most of the domain experts were highly qualified, well experienced and highly responsible persons. The whole questionnaire was divided into 15 main groups of factors, which were further divided into 99 individual questions. These facts were analyzed further to reach a final shape of the questionnaire. This knowledge acquisition technique may be used as a learning tool for further research work. Keywords- Expert system, knowledge acquisition, decision making, human resource management, questionnaire, domain experts
Abdur Rashid Khan
Institute of Computing and Information Technology Gomal University, D.I.Khan, Pakistan Email: rashidkh08@yahoo.com
development [1, 11, 12, 14, 15]. It is among the most common cited problem in the construction of expert system. The literature study shows that there exist a number of knowledge acquisition
References: (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2009 APPENDIX-I A SURVEY ON FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHER’S PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION