Course Evaluation Report

Fall 2010: Hum Biol: Stages of Life - BIOL-102-B

Rachel Polando
This course is for your:
Major Minor GE/Core Elective
1 0 18 0
Your current class standing is:
First
Year
Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Other
2 6 5 6 0 0
Did you look forward to taking this class?
Yes Somewhat Indifferent
Not
Much
Not at
all
5 9 2 3 0
How would you rate your involvement as a student in this course? (e.g., class attendance, class
participation, keeping up with assignments)
High
Medium
High
Medium
Medium
Low
Low
9 8 2 0 0
How much time did you dedicate (outside of scheduled class time) to this course per week? (in hours)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
2 6 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Averages this term by
Course &
Professor
Course Professor Dept. School
The instructor showed enthusiasm for the course.
3.84 3.84 3.87 3.56 3.70
The instructor created a welcoming and respectful
learning environment.
3.84 3.84 3.81 3.56 3.64
The instructor created a stimulating learning
environment.
3.68 3.68 3.58 3.18 3.40
The instructor was responsive to questions and
course related difficulties.
3.84 3.84 3.83 3.51 3.57
The instructor provided adequate explanation of the
experiments and provided adequate demonstration
where applicable.
The grading was fair and appropriate.
3.74 3.74 3.60 3.36 3.50
The instructor provided timely feedback on course
work.
3.58 3.58 3.67 3.38 3.39
The instructor encouraged me to seek solutions on
my own and to think for myself.
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The instructor was well prepared for class and made
good use of class time.
3.79 3.79 3.81 3.57 3.56
The instructor was regularly available to help
students outside of class.
3.89 3.89 3.86 3.64 3.57
What is your overall rating for this instructor?
3.58 3.58 3.71 3.46 3.52
Lab objectives and requirements were clear.
The instructor made relevant connections between
the skills introduced and practiced in the lab setting
and conceptual material introduced in lecture.
The course syllabus, objectives, and assignments
were clear.
3.53 3.53 3.69 3.54 3.59
Evaluation and grading were clear and fair.
The grading criteria were clear.
3.74 3.74 3.69 3.47 3.53
The lab syllabus and objectives were clear.
The course assignments and instructional strategies
were related to the course objectives.
3.74 3.74 3.71 3.57 3.64
The course improved my knowledge or skill in the
subject area.
3.63 3.63 3.65 3.46 3.49
What is your overall rating for this course?
3.63 3.63 3.67 3.42 3.48
The skills introduced and practiced in this lab
enhanced my understanding of the conceptual
material introduced in the lecture.
What aspects of the teaching or content of this course
were especially effective?
how she taught 1.
The use of powerpoints and thorough discussion in class. 2.
Her enthusiasm in class made it more fun 3.
Everything, great job. Very willing to help students with anything. The Definition of what a professor at MC
should be.
4.
the powerpoints were very helpful and made it easier to focus on most important material 5.
The study guides were useful 6.
online quizes 7.
the powerpont 8.
Writing the questions on notecards...I don't always like asking questions in class so this helped 9.
Doing fun activities to help us learn the information. 10.
i dont know 11.
study guides 12.
The study guides that were given 13.
the powerpoints being avaiable 14.
The in class activities were very helpful 15.
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the study guides, the worksheets, the lectures, the activities that we did. 16.
the way she let us know what to study that away we would really learn something rather than trying to crame
alot into your head to just puke it out on a piece of paper.
17.
Doing hands on things 18.
Very personable, easy to talk with kind of profressor 19.
What changes could be made to improve the teaching or
the content of this course?
less papers 1.
N/A 2.
More hands on stuff 3.
Keep doing the same thing you did for this course. 4.
the last 5 or 6 chapters need to be taught by the teacher and not by students 5.
N/A 6.
having the professor making the final 7.
I liked the class 8.
None...It felt like the right amount of detail for a core class 9.
. 10.
better understanding of the material for the final 11.
more activities 12.
i thought it was pretty good 13.
the syllabus 14.
Having more in class discussion could help when students need to prepare for essays 15.
some of the grading of essays were not consistent -- I was graded off for things that she claimed were not really
MLA format but I found out after looking up in my Essay writing handguide that things I was counted off on
should not have been counted off for.
16.
nothing 17.
The only real problem I had was the test. I do better with a variety verse just one type. 18.
Study guide for the final exam would be helpful 19.
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Course Evaluation Report
Fall 2010: Into to Molecular Biol - BIOL-222-A
Rachel Polando
This course is for your:
Major Minor GE/Core Elective
30 2 0 1
Your current class standing is:
First
Year
Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Other
1 23 8 1 0 0
Did you look forward to taking this class?
Yes Somewhat Indifferent
Not
Much
Not at
all
17 9 3 3 0
How would you rate your involvement as a student in this course? (e.g., class attendance, class
participation, keeping up with assignments)
High
Medium
High
Medium
Medium
Low
Low
18 12 2 1 0
How much time did you dedicate (outside of scheduled class time) to this course per week? (in hours)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
0 4 3 9 5 3 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Averages this term by
Course &
Professor
Course Professor Dept. School
The instructor showed enthusiasm for the course.
3.88 3.88 3.87 3.56 3.70
The instructor created a welcoming and respectful
learning environment.
3.79 3.79 3.81 3.56 3.64
The instructor created a stimulating learning
environment.
3.52 3.52 3.58 3.18 3.40
The instructor was responsive to questions and
course related difficulties.
3.82 3.82 3.83 3.51 3.57
The instructor provided adequate explanation of the
experiments and provided adequate demonstration
where applicable.
The grading was fair and appropriate.
3.52 3.52 3.60 3.36 3.50
The instructor provided timely feedback on course
work.
3.73 3.73 3.67 3.38 3.39
The instructor encouraged me to seek solutions on
my own and to think for myself.
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The instructor was well prepared for class and made
good use of class time.
3.82 3.82 3.81 3.57 3.56
The instructor was regularly available to help
students outside of class.
3.85 3.85 3.86 3.64 3.57
What is your overall rating for this instructor?
3.79 3.79 3.71 3.46 3.52
Lab objectives and requirements were clear.
The instructor made relevant connections between
the skills introduced and practiced in the lab setting
and conceptual material introduced in lecture.
The course syllabus, objectives, and assignments
were clear.
3.79 3.79 3.69 3.54 3.59
Evaluation and grading were clear and fair.
The grading criteria were clear.
3.67 3.67 3.69 3.47 3.53
The lab syllabus and objectives were clear.
The course assignments and instructional strategies
were related to the course objectives.
3.70 3.70 3.71 3.57 3.64
The course improved my knowledge or skill in the
subject area.
3.67 3.67 3.65 3.46 3.49
What is your overall rating for this course?
3.70 3.70 3.67 3.42 3.48
The skills introduced and practiced in this lab
enhanced my understanding of the conceptual
material introduced in the lecture.
What aspects of the teaching or content of this course
were especially effective?
very detailed power points that made it easier to understand the lecture 1.
I loved turning in the notecards everyday-- being able to have your questions answered daily helped a lot. I
also love Polando's teaching style: she puts everything into layman's terms so that you can think of it outside of
the science state of mind. She used a lot of examples that made understanding the most complicated scientific
processes a lot easier.
2.
She was very willing to go above and beyond to help all of us. 3.
I liked that the quizzes were given on the reading before the material was covered in class. It gave me an intro
into what the lectures would be about so that I could better understand them.
4.
the chapter quizes were effective because they made you have to read the chapters 5.
Videos 6.
use of teaching material outside of textbook was helpful to learning material, having various links and
worksheets made course effective. set up for what class teaches, straightforward as labs are relevant and
helpful. daily notecards indicating attendence and ability to ask questions with quick response were helpful
when needed
7.
Slideshows 8.
Took questions and addressed them during class when the class was struggling 9.
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answering the questions on our notecards 10.
Dr. Polando was very enthusiastic and was willing to step back and recover concepts if they weren't clear. The
content was well organized and presented in an order that made sense.
11.
There were plenty of examples given and any questions were discussed extensively 12.
The lectures were explained in detail and the students were able to submit note cards with questions on them
from the lecture.
13.
videos 14.
the pipe cleaners 15.
The professors availability to answer questions. 16.
making the DNA with pipecleaner!! 17.
the videos really helped 18.
. 19.
I liked the fact that previous exams were available for us to study. 20.
The use of diagrams really helped me to learn...and the fact that we could use diagrams on tests to explain was
efficient for visual learners.
21.
Dr. Polando always made time for questions, extra help, and general career advice. 22.
The professor was very accessible and always open to assisting a student in need 23.
The main concepts of each chapter were made very clear which made learning and studying much easier. 24.
I would use something else than powerpoint. It was boring toward the end of the semester. 25.
The online quizzes motivated me to read the chapter before coming to class 26.
The return to previous material, as well as simple, "graspable" metaphors for concepts. 27.
Notecards 28.
processes 29.
Asking questions on note cards to be answered by the instructor 30.
The powerpoints were very helpful. They helped me study and to get a better idea of what else I should look at 31.
Videos. 32.
Having hands on examples to learn things was helpful 33.
What changes could be made to improve the teaching or
the content of this course?
none 1.
Maybe breaking down the chapters for the online chapter quizzes-- reading 40-50 pages just for a 10 question
quiz was a lot to handle. Breaking up the quiz over the week would maybe work out better.
2.
none! 3.
I would change how effectively the power points are detailed, it caused some issues in studying when things
were not clearly labeled, and some bullets were left open ended.
4.
the grading seemed to be different from person to person 5.
Not so boring power point presentations. 6.
i found the class most interesting when the reason these molecules are used in the body were explained, the
applications of each molecule and the importance they serve
7.
Direct feedback on tests why thing were wrong; class held grammar too high of priority on papers, etc. 8.
None 9.
the movies help in the power points but more words to explain the videos would have helped me 10.
The labs were very interesting, but a little more background on the procedures and specific techniques used
would be helpful.
11.
Not be put in the PERC. The class room was not set up well for her style of teaching 12.
When the quizzes are put on angel, after the first try the student should be able to see their answers so that they
cane do it right the second time.
13.
none 14.
Homework maybe 15.
the course is fine the way it is. 16.
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the quizzes didn't really help me, i didn't really like the book 17.
i can't think of any major changes besides informing students of when a quiz is due its easy to forget 18.
none 19.
I do not think anything needs to be altered. 20.
The reading quizzes had glitches frequently! 21.
I think the book content was extremely difficult to understand and the quizzes we took i feel like many of the
answers I ed were correct from my interpretation but they were counted incorrectly....I HATED THE BOOK,
and it was not useful for the tests or my understanding. I think we should have done more in class activities as
well because sometimes just learning from the power points made me uninterested and sleepy.
22.
Adding a 3rd lecture hour may allow for a more detailed development of the material. That said, the time we
did have was used very efficiently
23.
The power points were nice to go back and study from, but maybe do something different every once and
awhile so it isn't the same thing all the time.
24.
More videos to help students understand essential biological concepts. 25.
none 26.
The quiz material could have been over more "vital" information 27.
none 28.
more interactive projects 29.
study guides for tests 30.
The lectures could be pretty boring and it was hard keep focused. I'm not really sure how this could be
changed.
31.
Less cramming of the information. 32.
... 33.
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