F****t
发帖数: 19 | 1 I have some success in improving my teaching evaluations. I like to share my
experience here. I teach undergraduate in a big public university (top 50
or higher). The class size is about 40s.I attended teaching seminars,audited
other colleagues' courses, and asked other faculty to sit in my own class
for feedback. I also searched education literature on how to improve
teaching evaluations. Here are some methods that I find effective:
1. Make sure that your teaching notes, homework assignments an |
y*******e
发帖数: 1295 | |
s******y
发帖数: 165 | 3 Thanks so much for sharing these!
One question: "5. Tell students that the teaching evaluations are important.
There are studies showing that teaching evaluations are higher if they are
used for personnel decisions. " Is this a safe strategy? What if some
students feel that they can control your future? |
F****t
发帖数: 19 | 4 One question: "5. Tell students that the teaching evaluations are important.
There are studies showing that teaching evaluations are higher if they are
used for personnel decisions. " Is this a safe strategy? What if some
students feel that they can control your future?
If some students are looking for revenge, then what you said before the
evaluations might not matter.I think most students are sincere.The chair is
interested in the mean anyway. I also find a study showing that the
evaluation wi |
s******y
发帖数: 165 | 5 make sense. thanks!
important.
are
is
【在 F****t 的大作中提到】
: One question: "5. Tell students that the teaching evaluations are important.
: There are studies showing that teaching evaluations are higher if they are
: used for personnel decisions. " Is this a safe strategy? What if some
: students feel that they can control your future?
: If some students are looking for revenge, then what you said before the
: evaluations might not matter.I think most students are sincere.The chair is
: interested in the mean anyway. I also find a study showing that the
: evaluation wi
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a**********d
发帖数: 2293 | |
w******o
发帖数: 3259 | 7 well, I think most students are nice and will be more serious if you tell
them that the evaluation is important to you. At least you can ask them to
be constructive.
important.
are
is
【在 F****t 的大作中提到】
: One question: "5. Tell students that the teaching evaluations are important.
: There are studies showing that teaching evaluations are higher if they are
: used for personnel decisions. " Is this a safe strategy? What if some
: students feel that they can control your future?
: If some students are looking for revenge, then what you said before the
: evaluations might not matter.I think most students are sincere.The chair is
: interested in the mean anyway. I also find a study showing that the
: evaluation wi
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j****g
发帖数: 137 | 8 在学期的最后几天才让学生做evaluation。那时学得不好的一般就不来了，好学生可能
给的评价要高
一点。
以上是我的一点想法，不负责它的效果。
我最差的学生评定是在离学期结束还有4周时给的，有4个人给我所有的项都打了D。同
样的课程，最后两
堂课做评定的分数都要好一些。
tell
to
【在 w******o 的大作中提到】
: well, I think most students are nice and will be more serious if you tell
: them that the evaluation is important to you. At least you can ask them to
: be constructive.
:
: important.
: are
: is
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C******0
发帖数: 19 | 9 Thank you for sharing the information. The first one is very useful. Two of
my students complained about the short notice of the exam formats. |
m****e
发帖数: 255 | 10 If it is a review session, the students with lower grade tend to come and
give you bad comments.
I think the outcome highly depends on the type of class and the kind of
students that are attending.
【在 j****g 的大作中提到】
: 在学期的最后几天才让学生做evaluation。那时学得不好的一般就不来了，好学生可能
: 给的评价要高
: 一点。
: 以上是我的一点想法，不负责它的效果。
: 我最差的学生评定是在离学期结束还有4周时给的，有4个人给我所有的项都打了D。同
: 样的课程，最后两
: 堂课做评定的分数都要好一些。
:
: tell
: to
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w******o
发帖数: 3259 | 11 we do online evaluation here. it is indeed a problem that people who never
attended my class judged me very poorly. Poeple actually told me that it is
more advantagous to the instructor to have evaluation done within class
sessions.
【在 j****g 的大作中提到】
: 在学期的最后几天才让学生做evaluation。那时学得不好的一般就不来了，好学生可能
: 给的评价要高
: 一点。
: 以上是我的一点想法，不负责它的效果。
: 我最差的学生评定是在离学期结束还有4周时给的，有4个人给我所有的项都打了D。同
: 样的课程，最后两
: 堂课做评定的分数都要好一些。
:
: tell
: to
|
j****g
发帖数: 137 | 12 避免在review session就是了。
and
【在 m****e 的大作中提到】
: If it is a review session, the students with lower grade tend to come and
: give you bad comments.
: I think the outcome highly depends on the type of class and the kind of
: students that are attending.
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r**********9
发帖数: 894 | 13 I agree.
Also, if they do it online at their own convenience, they can discuss it
among themselves.
is
【在 w******o 的大作中提到】
: we do online evaluation here. it is indeed a problem that people who never
: attended my class judged me very poorly. Poeple actually told me that it is
: more advantagous to the instructor to have evaluation done within class
: sessions.
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D**n
发帖数: 132 | 14 The problem with online evaluation is that the participation rate might be
very low.
Frankly speaking, most students do not care about the evaluations,
especially if it is online. I do not think they can even discuss it...
【在 r**********9 的大作中提到】
: I agree.
: Also, if they do it online at their own convenience, they can discuss it
: among themselves.
:
: is
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s******t
发帖数: 892 | 15 我们这学期也要开始online，学校是强制学生做的，不完成就给hold。
老师们最担心的那些差学生，尤其是几乎不来上课的，在网上会随便填填交差。
【在 D**n 的大作中提到】
: The problem with online evaluation is that the participation rate might be
: very low.
: Frankly speaking, most students do not care about the evaluations,
: especially if it is online. I do not think they can even discuss it...
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o**********n
发帖数: 125 | 16 in my class this semester, I am using "points system" for attendance .
basically, after 12-15 times attendance, they will earn all the points, the
last two three classes may not have points allocated, bad students wont show
up if there are no points at the end.(hell they even wont show for points
anyway)
I dont know if this works to improve my teaching evals this semester,but I
will surely come back with an update and tell you guys.
Students nowadays have more power than they know how to use. |
j****g
发帖数: 137 | 17 评Tenure时我们学校看的是和系里平均值的比较。只要在平均值上一点点就好了。
所以online evaluation可能把所有人的评价都降低了，那么平均值也就低了。
Teaching is not a problem unless it is a problem.
以上是我开始上班的第一天我的mentor告诉我的。你的研究强，那么teaching
保持在平均值附近就好了。上课时对学生用点心，课后多和学生交流，给分公平
没有学生到系里complain，就好了。 |
a**********e
发帖数: 67 | 18 "3. Do a midterm survey to identify problems."
Did you have IRB approval to do that? Be careful. |
r**********9
发帖数: 894 | 19 This does not need IRB in my university as long as you do not publish the
results in a research paper.
【在 a**********e 的大作中提到】
: "3. Do a midterm survey to identify problems."
: Did you have IRB approval to do that? Be careful.
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