  In this paper, we present the step by step knowledge acquisition process by
choosing a structured method through using a questionnaire as a knowledge
acquisition tool. Here we want to depict the problem domain as, how to evaluate
teachers performance in higher education through the use of expert system
technology. The problem is how to acquire the specific knowledge for a selected
problem efficiently and effectively from human experts and encode it in the
suitable computer format. Acquiring knowledge from human experts in the process
of expert systems development is one of the most common problems cited till
yet. This questionnaire was sent to 87 domain experts within all public and
private universities in Pakistani. Among them 25 domain experts sent their
valuable opinions. Most of the domain experts were highly qualified, well
experienced and highly responsible persons. The whole questionnaire was divided
into 15 main groups of factors, which were further divided into 99 individual
questions. These facts were analyzed further to give a final shape to the
questionnaire. This knowledge acquisition technique may be used as a learning
tool for further research work.
