本書以科學態度與方法進行研究，把大學裡教學和研究相關的因素明列出來，以龐大樣本所得的數據，加上精細先進的多變項統計分析，然後從所得的結果中去釐清研究能力和教學品質的互動關係。這不僅是學界一項非常新的嘗試，也為教育研究建立了一個很重要的里程碑。以實證研究的科學方法，為教育的歷程建立了「讓證據說話」的典範，是任何關心教育的人都必須要學習的一本好書。

作者簡介

Way Kuo

　　Way Kuo is the President of City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering, and Academia Sinica; also a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In addition to his expertise in design for reliability, Kuo is known for promoting curriculum of relevance to societal needs and problem-driven research. Kuo received Ph. D. degree from Kansas State University and B.S. degree in nuclear engineering from National Tsing Hua University.

郭位

　　郭位於清華大學核工系畢業後，在美國堪薩斯州立大學取得博士學位。現為香港城市大學校長；美國國家工程院、台灣中央研究院院士，也是中國工程院的外籍院士。除了是電子設計可靠度方面的專家，其也以問題導向的研究、促進教育課程結合社會需求而聞名。

Mark E. Troy

　　Mark E. Troy is the Associate Director of Measurement and Research Services at TAMU. He is an expert on designing the course appraisal system. He has published widely on educational program evaluations, survey research, and student ratings of faculty. He earned M. A. degree from Washington University and Ph. D. degree from the University of Hawaii, both in psychology.

Mark E. Troy

　　是美國聖路易華盛頓大學心理學碩士，以及夏威夷大學心理學博士，目前是美國德州農工大學測量與研究服務中心副主任，為評鑑系統的專家。著有關於教育課程評鑑、調查研究及教師評鑑方面的文章和書籍。

譯者簡介

宋嘉行

美國德州大學奧斯汀分校課程與教學研究所碩士，並曾於該所博士班就讀。

Chia-hsing Sung

　　She has studied in the Ph.D program of Curriculum and Instruction department at UT Austin, and earned her master degree there.