Question

The follow passage comes from a real document. It is a great example of pseudo-scientific, jargon-laden text—the kind of writing that some mistakenly think is appropriate in a technical writing situation. Technical communication should be clear and concise. It should consider the audience and seek to be straightforward and precise. Edit the document to improve the effectiveness of sentence structure and word choices.

[Passage from UW Teaching Forum, published by the University of Wisconsin System Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council]

Operationally, teaching effectiveness is measured by assessing the levels of agreement between the perceptions of instructors and students on the rated ability of specific instructional behavior attributes which were employed during course instruction. Due to the fact that instructors come from diverse backgrounds and occupy different positions within a given university, both individual and organizational based factors may contribute to the variance in levels of agreement between perceptions.

Answer 1

The course details and instructions which were provided initially, conveyed that the effectiveness of teacher based on their teaching ability will be measured based on the feedback from the students as well as the instructors and they need to provide a certain rating based on attributes related to behavior and reaction. We need to consider the diversity aspect here as the instructors are all from different culture or background and also they generally hold a certain position in a particular industry too therefore the assessment or evaluation will be done based on both the individual factor and also the organizational factor too and this may vary based in the level of agreement or consent they possess.