tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post7443845059713769551..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: EvaluatedFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-39208232546068604902007-01-11T22:31:00.000-06:002007-01-11T22:31:00.000-06:00Evaluations for an adult education institution I'v...Evaluations for an adult education institution I've studied at had two sections. <br /><br />One related to the teacher, the other to the institution - ease of enrolment, facilities etc.<br /><br />Our teacher always used to stress the difference when we filled in the forms! We always praised him, the departmental organisation was rated lower....skinny size me please :-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13385744419187024808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-21104347940033276842007-01-11T13:12:00.000-06:002007-01-11T13:12:00.000-06:00Why in the world would they ask about the classroo...Why in the world would they ask about the classroom? Who writes these evaluations? I agree, they sound a bit irrelevant and silly.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904286943340898221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-79330226281921917622007-01-11T07:20:00.000-06:002007-01-11T07:20:00.000-06:0097% said I am prompt in returning graded material ...<i>97% said I am prompt in returning graded material and providing feedback about student performance. The one student who disagreed with this statement must have been very cranky -- I ALWAYS give exams and homework back in the very next class after the exam or homework due date.</i><br /><br />Lots of reasons besides cranky. Could have ticked the wrong box, or not read the question properly. <br /><br />When you see a stack of evaluation forms, and the evaluation forms have a typo on them and refer to a portion of the class that didn't exist, and yet there are several student evaluations on this non-existent portion, then you know that there are quite a few spurious answers out there!Lossyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16410002182351661415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-73418754782709393202007-01-10T21:24:00.000-06:002007-01-10T21:24:00.000-06:00My alma mater had a student-published book of facu...My alma mater had a student-published book of faculty reviews that were quite informative. I think it was a star-based rating system (like for movies), which I never found useful except for the extremes. <br /><br />I liked the quotes describing people's voices (for the particularly monotonous or gratingly high-pitched) and irritating habits (frequent throat-clearing, perpetual hacking cough, spitting on the front row). It was also good to know if faculty were outwardly sexist, for example, because students weren't shy about saying so in their reviews. <br /><br />I know that room evaluations frequently depended on how much sunlight was coming through the windows throughout the day. Sun in your eyes = not good. Freezing cold room = not good. Leaky roof = not good. Construction noise = not good. <br /><br />Everything else = usually okay. <br /><br />But I'm very amused by the different professor/different room rating phenomenon. I'd love to get a social scientist's take on the origins of that kind of variation in individual's responses. Do happy students really not notice where they are?Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050354864577547294noreply@blogger.com