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 A Systematic Method forImproving Instruction through

Student Feedback

C. Edward Watson, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

The University of Georgia

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Objectives

Participants will… 

• Understand why formative evaluation within courses is

important

• Be able to apply the mid-semester formative evaluation

process on their own campuses

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Why formative course evaluation?

Discover and diagnose issues inregards to class functioning and student

learning

Receive structured feedback fromstudents

Change and improvement THIS

semester

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Before the Process

Process launched by instructor invitationonly

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http://ctl.uga.edu

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Before the Process

Process launched by instructor invitationonly

“The process is anonymous for the students

and is confidential for the instructor .”   Follow up via e-mail and often pre-process

consultation

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 About the process

Instructor gives 25 to 30 minutes at the endof a class at least four weeks into the

semester

Leaves the room for the process, and wedismiss the students at the conclusion

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The Process - Questions

Focuses on Three Questions:1. What aspects of class are working well? What are

the strengths of the class? What aspects of the

class are having a positive impact on your

learning?2. What aspects of the class are working poorly?

What are the weaknesses of the class? What

aspects of the class are having a negative impact

on your learning?3. What aspects of the class do you believe should

be changed? How should these aspects be

changed? (Please be as specific as possible.)

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The Process – Three Stages

Individual responses Group responses – where is there

consensus?

Full class discussion of question #3

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The Process – Stage Three

Recommendations collected Students then have two votes

Results in a weighted list of

recommendations for the instructor

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Following the Process

Two documents are generated: Cover letter

Results of the evaluation

Meeting to discuss results and actions to betaken

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Challenges / Solutions

Class size Large classes require a team approach

Demand

Process requires approximately three hours Training faculty volunteers to perform the

process – match them with instructors outside

of their college

Students are now requesting the MSFE in

other classes

???

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 A Systematic Method forImproving Instruction through

Student Feedback

C. Edward Watson, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

The University of Georgia