Jim,
Thank you for sending this to the group. As a relatively new educator
and one of only 2 people using TBL at our medical school, student
comments regarding my course have been "luke warm" at best. Your e-mail
is an excellent reminder that student comments have validity, but may
not be truly commenting on the question asked.
Amanda
Amanda R. Emke, MD
Course Master, Pre-Clinical Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
Instructor, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Fellow, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
St. Louis Children's Hospital
One Children's Place, NWT CB 8116
St. Louis, MO 63110
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Sweet, Michael S
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Student Eval Comment
Great stuff, Jim. Would you be willing to share that Guide with the
list when it's done?
-M
From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Jim Sibley
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Student Eval Comment
I am rewriting my guide to instructors for "Using Student Evaluation
Data Wisely"....and thought this might be useful for everyone
Came across a great paper.....with a great student comment and analysis
Here is my take on this paper by Thoma....
You can encounter very negative reactions from students who insist on a
black versus white, right versus wrong world. When instructors introduce
ambiguity these students can become very uncomfortable and begin to
question authourity. Uncomfortable students, typically make instructors
uncomfortable with their feedback. The authour Thoma in his article "The
Perry Framework and Tactics for Teaching Critical Thinking in Economics"
provides a very helpful and insightful student evaluation comment
(likely from a student struggling with accepting ambiguity):
"It wasn't a question of being hard or easy but rather too subjective.
I found this to be the worst course I have ever taken, taught by the
worst professor in the history of the human race...I have found the best
course I have ever taken to be an introduction to the biology of the
cell. The course required much more intense technical reading and a lot
of work effort. But it was very rewarding and absolutely objective in
its grading policy."
Likely this comment is more about where the student is at, and not so
much about the instructors teaching. These are still difficult comment
to read and process. We need to remember that these comments might not
be true, but may be true of something.
jim
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