Timeline for What do polarized student evaluation results say about my teaching?
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| Apr 6, 2016 at 21:10 | comment | added | mkingsbu | I'd say that's why you have divergent reviews. You had some students who were very passionate about the field (they majored in it). Among those non-majors who did well, some of them probably had some kind of experience in it, but decided to major in it. The negatives likely came from the non-majors who may have had neither prior knowledge nor interest beyond taking it because it is required. I had a personal experience like this in my undergraduate. It was VERY hard because not only was I learning something I had no interest in, I was expected to perform as if I was majoring in it. | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 20:12 | comment | added | Kar Masia | I think the class was designed for majors. But it's an intro level class and non-majors are expected to take it. There were several students who said the class solidified their decision to study this major. I received complaints from non-majors but I did have exceptional papers written by non-majors as well.I thought about making it easier but I was also worried that it might do disservice to those who got the material and wrote great papers. I had 14-15 students who consistently commented during class discussions. I thought that was good enough. But apparently not! | |
| Apr 5, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | Kimball | My first thought also was: probably these two types of evaluations are coming from two very different types of students. | |
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| Apr 5, 2016 at 12:24 | history | answered | mkingsbu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |