Efficiency Evaluation of EAP Teacher Performance at a Tertiary Level Using DEA: A Case Study in Eastern Mediterranean University

dc.contributor.advisorOsman, Necdet (Supervisor)
dc.contributor.authorAsl, Solmaz Ghaffarian
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-19T09:40:27Z
dc.date.available2025-11-19T09:40:27Z
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.date.submitted2022-02
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Foreign Language Educationen_US
dc.descriptionDoctor of Philosophy in English Language Teaching (ELT). Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Foreign Language Education, 2022. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Necdet Osamen_US
dc.description.abstractIdentifying significant indicators of teaching-learning performance affecting the efficiency of teachers in tertiary level at university is an indispensable factor in upholding the quality of teaching in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in higher education. The present study has tried to evaluate the relative efficiency of teachers’ performance in English for Academic Purpose (EAP) courses, followed by identifying the most significant indicators of teaching-learning performance using Students’ Course-instructor Evaluation (SCE) survey and the students’ final grades. Furthermore, it attempts to prioritize the significant teaching indicators affecting the teachers’ performance in English for Academic courses. For this purpose, the study applies Data Envelopment Analysis, Performance Improvement Management Software (PIM-DEA) on related courses for 10.000 students’ data in four consistent academic years. First, the efficiency performance of EAP teachers is evaluated and later, a sensitivity analysis and weight analysis are applied to identify the most significant learner-instructor indicator which has impact on the EAP teacher performance. Identifying the significant learner-instructor analysis is done in two different methods in PIM-DEA to prove the validity of the analysis. The study is finalized with an interview with EAP teachers to ameliorate the efficiency performance of EAP teachers. The result of the analysis accentuates the significant indicators that impact the teachers’ performance. It reveals that the degree of student satisfaction in relation to assignments, exams, and grading systems are significant factors related to the efficiency of teacher performance. The study has been finalized by concrete proposals for teachers to enhance the quality of teaching performance in EAP classes.en_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ: Yüksek öğretimde öğretmenlerin verimliliğini etkileyen öğretme-öğrenme performansının önemli göstergelerinin belirlenmesi, eğitim kalitesinin devamı için vazgeçilmez bir etkendir. Bu çalışmada, Akademik Amaçlı İngilizce (AAİ) sınıfları için öğretmenlerin performanslarının göreceli etkinliğini değerlendirme ve bunu takiben Öğrencilerin kurs-eğitmen değerlendirmesi (ÖKD) anketi ve öğrencilerin final notları kullanılarak öğretme-öğrenme performansının en önemli göstergeleri belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bunun yaninda, öğretmenlerin AAİ sınıfları için İngilizce performansını etkileyen önemli öğretim göstergeleri önceliklendirilmiştir. Bu amaçla, bu çalışmada, dört ardışık akademik yılda, 10.000 öğrencinin verileri için ilgili derslere Veri Zarflama Analizi’ni (VZA) uygulanmıştır. Yapilan analiz sonucunda, öğretmenlerin performansını etkileyen önemli göstergeler vurgulanmaktadır. Çalışma, AAİ sınıflarındaki öğretim performansının kalitesini artırmak için öğretmenlere somut öneriler getirilerek sonuçlandırılmıştır.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsl, Solmaz Ghaffarian. (2022). Thesis (Ph.D.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of English Language Teaching (ELT), Famagusta: North Cyprus.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/6525
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectThesis Tezen_US
dc.titleEfficiency Evaluation of EAP Teacher Performance at a Tertiary Level Using DEA: A Case Study in Eastern Mediterranean Universityen_US
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis

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