Development and Validation of the Course Evaluation Scale for Humanity Courses in Universities

The present study aimed to develop and validate the evaluation of a course scale for humanity courses for universities. In the present study, an exploratory mixed-methods approach was used. The qualitative case study method was used in the qualitative part of the study. The research population included curriculum experts in the field of evaluation. The data was collected through a semi-structured interview, which was conducted with 20 people using the purposeful sampling approach and focal person's method. The thematic analysis method was employed in the qualitative section to analyze the data. A descriptive survey method was used in the quantitative section of the study. The statistical population, including 360 people, was a small part of university undergraduate students selected through the multi-stage cluster sampling method. In the quantitative part, confirmatory factor analysis was employed to analyze the data. The findings of the qualitative section indicated that the evaluation of a course scale consists of seven main categories, including goals (with ten components), content (with 12 components), teaching-learning methods (with 14 components), evaluation (with ten components), teaching and learning activities (with ten components), learning environment (with nine components), and time (with eight components). The quantitative section also revealed that based on the results of the Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the category and related items correctly measure the evaluation of a course model. To sum up, it can be stated that the scale designed in seven main categories and 73 components is a valid and reliable scale for evaluating humanities courses in universities, which can be the basis for policy-making and revision in the curriculum of courses and evaluation of courses by Students.