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How My Theory Of Knowledge Students Evaluated Me This Semester — “We learned things that are different than normal classes” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

How My Theory Of Knowledge Students Evaluated Me This Semester — “We learned things that are different than normal classes” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:


How My Theory Of Knowledge Students Evaluated Me This Semester — “We learned things that are different than normal classes”

As usual, during the semester finals, I had my students provide anonymous evaluations of classes and me. I always tell them (and always follow-through) that I will be posting the results — warts and all — on my blog and also share it directly with colleagues. I doing that enhances the odds of their taking it seriously. I tell them that I put a lot of time into helping them become better learners, and now it’s their turn to help me become a better teacher.
Today, I’ll share the results from my International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge class. I’ll go through results from other classes later tonight and post about them during the weekend.
You might also be interested in The Best Posts On Students Evaluating Classes (And Teachers).

Here is the simple form
 I had my TOK students complete.
Here is each question, followed by representative answers, which are in turn followed by a short analysis by me:
1) What are the two or three most important