If you’re on a semester calendar, this academic year is winding down. As courses come to a close, it’s time for those end-of-course ratings which many of us administer with some cynicism.
Posts Tagged ‘student ratings’
Ratings: Working on the Cynicism
Posted Thursday, April 29th, 2010 by Maryellen WeimerTags: course rating instrument, student ratings
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Learner-Centered Evaluation
Posted Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 by Maryellen Weimer“If the shift from the instructional to the learning paradigm is to have a lasting impact on education, it must influence not only how people think about teaching but also how teaching is evaluated. Evaluation is one of the primary means by which an institution conveys what is valuable and important to its members. If [...]
Tags: learner-centered pedagogy, student ratings
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Sharing Really Bad Ratings
Posted Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 by Maryellen WeimerI had an email last week asking if I’d recommend sharing “really bad” rating results with students. The note came in response to last week’s blog post, which identified several benefits gained from sharing and discussing rating feedback with students.
Tags: student ratings
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Students Question Value of End-of-Course Evaluations
Posted Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Maryellen WeimerWe’ve visited this topic before: the quality of feedback students provide on those end-of-course ratings. Many students fail to take the evaluation process seriously because, unless they plan on taking another course with that professor, the feedback will provide little benefit to them even if, by chance, the professor decides to act on it.
Tags: course evaluations, student feedback, student ratings
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RateMyProfessors.com: More Honest than ‘Official’ Ratings?
Posted Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by Maryellen WeimerIt doesn’t look as though the RateMyProfessors.com website is going away anytime soon. I was somewhat surprised to learn that it was actually launched in 1999.
Tags: student ratings
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