Application of Case-Based Decision Theory in Evaluation of College Teachers' Classroom Performance

This paper is preliminary research involving the application of case-based decision theory in evaluation of college teachers’ classroom performance. A new evaluation model is provided by considering the previous cases, i.e., the evaluation in past semesters should be combined by considering the similarity between courses and classes. We develop the entire computational procedures for the proposed method, and use a numerical example to illustrate our method. Findings show that similarity is critical factor, because similarity is the weight of each case. Teachers should teach similar courses for similar classes. Universities should adopt the new evaluation model to guide teachers in teaching of Excellent Courses, and elimination of fluke psychology, in order to train better students.