October 30, 2011

As Emphasis on Student Evaluations Grows, Professors Increasingly Seek Midcourse Feedback

As Emphasis on Student Evaluations Grows, Professors Increasingly Seek Midcourse Feedback 1

Melanie Burford for The Chronicle

Edward O' Connell (right), an assistant clinical professor at Stony Brook U., explains how students should complete course evaluations to give feedback to instructors like him. He asks students to evaluate him midcourse rather than waiting for feedback at the end of the term.

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Melanie Burford for The Chronicle

Edward O' Connell (right), an assistant clinical professor at Stony Brook U., explains how students should complete course evaluations to give feedback to instructors like him. He asks students to evaluate him midcourse rather than waiting for feedback at the end of the term.

By Brenda Medina

Until he read feedback from his students a few weeks ago, Edward J. O'Connell had no idea that he sometimes talks too fast in the honors-college leadership class he teaches. The Stony Brook University assistant clinical professor also didn't know how eager his students were for hands-on activities that would help them practice the skills they had been learning.

Like a growing number of academics, Mr. O'Connell asks students to evaluate his teaching midcourse rather than waiting for

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