Course Evaluation Report

Summer 1 2012: Hum Biol: Stages of Life - BIOL-102-A

Rachel Polando
This course is for your:
Major Minor GE/Core Elective
1 0 4 0
Your current class standing is:
First
Year
Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Other
0 2 2 1 0 0
Did you look forward to taking this class?
Yes Somewhat Indifferent
Not
Much
Not at
all
0 0 3 1 1
Would you like to see more online courses offered at Manchester University?
Denitely
More
Somewhat Indifferent
Probably
Not
Not at
all
3 1 1 0 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
3 2 0 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
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Averages this term by
Course &
Professor
Course Professor Dept. School
The instructor clearly explained how to navigate this
course.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.64
The instructor created a welcoming and respectful
learning environment.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.82
The instructor created a stimulating learning
environment.
3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.68
The instructor was responsive to questions and
course related difficulties.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.77
The instructor provided adequate explanation of the
experiments and provided adequate demonstration
where applicable.
The grading was fair and appropriate.
3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.36
Manchester University Course Evaluation Reports https://gateway.manchester.edu/_layouts/course_evaluation_reports/...
1 of 3 5/12/14, 12:09 PM
The instructor provided timely feedback on course
work.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.59
The instructor encouraged me to seek solutions on
my own and to think for myself.
The instructor was regularly available to help
students outside of class.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.91
What is your overall rating for this instructor?
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.68
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.
3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.59
Evaluation and grading were clear and fair.
The grading criteria were clear.
3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.50
The lab syllabus and objectives were clear.
The course assignments and instructional strategies
were related to the course objectives.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.86
The course improved my knowledge or skill in the
subject area.
3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.50
What is your overall rating for this course?
3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.45
The online resources were consistently and clearly
organized.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.73
This course was appropriate as an online offering.
4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.86
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?
Worksheets were good for reinforcing learning, Discussions were a good way to get people talking and expand
on different topics (helping others expand their knowledge)
1.
Everything 2.
Dr. Polando was always available for help and always answered her email. She was very fair and did an
excellent job of teaching this class.
3.
the discussion forum topics and paper topics were interesting and insightful, the lectures were generally clear
and well-illustrated, the materials were straight forward
4.
the discussion posts, papers, quizzes, and everything really helped to learn the material 5.
Manchester University Course Evaluation Reports https://gateway.manchester.edu/_layouts/course_evaluation_reports/...
2 of 3 5/12/14, 12:09 PM
What changes could be made to improve the teaching or
the content of this course?
Make the requirements for the papers more clear (what you want in the writing), Make the practice exams
more like the actual exams are going to be so students get a better feel for what will be on the test
1.
None 2.
I greatly enjoyed this course, but the only thing that I had problems with was downloading the powerpoints.
Because Dr. Polando had voiced over them (which was a wonderful help that I greatly appreciated) it took
sometimes an hour to download.
3.
fewer papers (or maybe papers that are over different topics than the discussion posts, this seemed redundant at
times), the videos were bland and difficult to hear
4.
. 5.
Manchester University Course Evaluation Reports https://gateway.manchester.edu/_layouts/course_evaluation_reports/...
3 of 3 5/12/14, 12:09 PM