Evaluations

One of my students clearly articulated some of my merits as an instructor in a personal email: “I loved your instruction as my TA — you definitely helped clear up some of [the] points [from lecture], I appreciated your analysis of the readings, and you provoked really great discussions.”

Every semester I administer informal mid-semester evaluations to my students. I ask them to evaluate my teaching and the course by completing three simple sentences: “I like…”, “I wish…”, and “I’m learning…”

These are some of their answers.

I like…

• “…the pace and material in this class.”
• “…good use of time, blackboard for clear communication.”
• “…the casualness of the class.”
• “…that you look at the readings critically (the author’s bias, stereotyping, etc.)”
• “…how you can explain the points in the lecture by going over necessary information.”

I wish…

• “…the [lecture] was shorter? I don’t have any problems with this class.”
• “…nothing really, this is good so far.”
• “…we had a little more time, but we can’t.”
• “…more classes were like this.”

I’m learning…

• “…more than I expected.”
• “…about animation, the people who make it, and how it differs/evolves over time.”
• “…easily from well-defined topics.”
• “…how to contrast the texts shown in class and compare the key information.”