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xocet

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3. "If you want to get meaningful course evaluations from students,..."

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:19 AM

Oct 2014

"...you should wait until they have taken classes for which the course being evaluated was a prerequisite. Only then will they really be in a position to see the value of the material they learned (or didn't)."

That is a good suggestion. Does any university do it that way to your knowledge? I don't know of any that do.

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Student Course Evaluations Get An 'F' [View all] n2doc Oct 2014 OP

Those evaluations are bullshit. Hoppy Oct 2014 #1

Not a lot of thought goes into designing those evaluation forms, either. eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #2

"If you want to get meaningful course evaluations from students,..." xocet Oct 2014 #3

Have you heard about the evaluation form that asked tblue37 May 2015 #4