student feedback
using student feedback is a good effective way to keep students interested in the course of study from past student comments
Indeed I set goals for students and plans for those who do poorly from the first exam.
I agree that each and every student needs to be given feedback. If you don't give feedback, how is the student supposed to know how they are doing?
my students love feedback it help them to do better and they know where they need to pull up
Hi Patricia- Thanks for your post to the forum. I suppose because the students usually form a sort of community , they are more inclined to accept criticism from their peers. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
student feedback is an excellent way to have student review their peers. I like to use this during or oral presentations. The students are candid, tough and honest but respectful. The student giving the presentation doesn't seem to take offense to the students approach as they would the instructor.
This is very true. Show them that we care and noticed them.
Hi Jayson- Thanks for your post to the forum. Do you find that your students use the "open comment" section of your surveys often? Usually I find that students won't take the time to write som comments ( which I desperately seek!) Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I get feed back from my students on a regular basis. There is a survey score (which I find mostly useless) and a open comment section, which I find invaluable as a tool in the enhancement of my materials and delivery.
Hi Daniel- Thanks for your post to the forum. You bring up a good point. Our students do need to take an active role in their learning and we need to push them to do so. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I agree with this statement. Those students who seem to be just making it never commenting or asking any questions, all of a sudden have a major issue when they finally look at their grade. The bigger problem to this is the lack of ownership students take now days for their own actions or lack there of.
Hi Tony - Thanks for your post to the forum. Unfortunately we all have this happen occasionally. For this reason, documentation is really important. Keeping careful attendance records and grade sheets especially. Best wishes- Susan
Hi David- Thanks for your post to the forum. I find that when students play a role in evaluating, they often are more critical of themselves than we would have been. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I've been doing a mix of instructor provided as well as peer-provided feedback.
Last semester I had students do a final presentation that was scored using a forced rank approach. It was a method that they actually voted to use.
By making them a part of the evaluation process, you get more "buy-in" -- less likely to have them try and rationalize away their own performance by blaming someone else (namely the instructor!)
Having students give feedback is good to see if you are on track with the course you are teaching and to see if your delivery is appropriate for the classroom. The times I don't like student feedback is when a student that has through the whole term not participated, not been on time for class , or not in class at all, never turns in the assignment and then gives an instructor a terrible feedback about the class the student did terrible in. This is where the higher ups have to ask what happened and who is this student and not take what was said at face value. Not that there isn't any bad instructors out there. I know that there are some people that shouldn't be in this field.
I agree, most learners like feedback. It seems there is a never ending thirst for instructor feedback. I try to hit the positives as well as the areas for improvement. I find learners checking in frequently to see what I said about their individual efforts.
