Early Term Feedback on Teaching

If you’ve been frustrated by vague or limited feedback, use these suggestions to get better quality student comments that are more actionable. * Frame questions about the course or your teaching around what is helping students learn rather than what they like or dislike (e.g. they may dislike frequent homework but it’s helping them learn the course content). * When asking students to complete the survey, emphasize that you value their feedback and will use it to make changes to the course. * Encourage students to give you specific feedback. Offer an example. (e.g. “It’s helpful if you can be specific. If you’re finding the in-class activities helpful, tell me why. Is it discussing the concepts with your peers? The difficulty of the questions? The similarity between the activities and the homework?”)