tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post9035735019326941778..comments2023-12-20T17:48:18.108-05:00Comments on To Delight and to Instruct: Instant FeedbackHoracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-27810154217745723132009-09-26T19:22:38.994-04:002009-09-26T19:22:38.994-04:00Use with impunity--I myself got it from someone ma...Use with impunity--I myself got it from someone many years back, and it's been serving me well ever since.Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-68133221472524974872009-09-26T17:47:38.498-04:002009-09-26T17:47:38.498-04:00Thanks for posting this - I really like the start/...Thanks for posting this - I really like the start/stop/continue rubric and might adopt something like that this semester. <br /><br />Although I've never done midterm evaluations in the way you describe, I do usually have a day where I distribute cue cards and ask everyone to write a question or comment related to the class, then address them.<br /><br />Sometimes I get "stop" or "start" type comments, but I usually don't get "continue" kinds of comments, which I could see being useful. I do get a sense of the trends as far as class concerns go because I often have three or four comments or questions that are the same, but they usually are about things the students want to change, not the things they want to stay the same.<br /><br />I hope you don't mind if I use your rubric this term - it might give me some more useful midterm feedback.michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872051454149767482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-81823573201747725042009-09-25T10:07:02.222-04:002009-09-25T10:07:02.222-04:00If you have only one or two students who are "...If you have only one or two students who are "buying into an educational model that is at once passive and at the same time consumerist," I'd encourage you to be fully delighted. Teaching a couple of courses where we deal not only with literature, but also with what can only be described as "textbooks," I have been reliving my continuing frustration with the passive consumption of textbooks, as if they did not need to be read actively and critically. Somewhere students seem to have missed the point that the most valuable material their education provides is access to expert opinions, rather than facts.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838296548128807890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-1375696488496462272009-09-25T07:21:48.867-04:002009-09-25T07:21:48.867-04:00When my co-teacher and I did the midterm eval last...When my co-teacher and I did the midterm eval last spring, we actually were forwarded an email from a parent(!) about how we weren't doing our work because we were asking the students for input on the class. I think there's always an element of that in every class I've taught, where the students want information dumped into them somehow without their engaging in it. And if that's not your style of teaching, they get really frustrated with you and are often vocal about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766222493968363248noreply@blogger.com