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Friday, January 18, 2013

Teachers Don't Suck !: Evaluation By the Evaluated?

Teachers Don't Suck !: Evaluation By the Evaluated?:


Evaluation By the Evaluated?


   
When I taught at Middlesex County College, student evaluation forms were always issued along with the final exam.
   I thought, by enlarge, the results were a fair distribution of positive and negative remarks.
(BTW - These all were anonymous evaluations and not used by the administration to grade instructors - as far as know anyway)
   One thing I liked about the form was the section asking about the student's efforts. This too, generally resulted in a fair distribution of honest responses. Often a student indicated a serious lack of effort on his part but still didn't criticize the instructor as the reason for his poor grade. I hope that the same kinds of questions  will