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Evaluate: Topic 5 - Evaluation Tips
 
5-1 Tips to Consider
  • Find and adapt already-published questionnaires (there’s no need to re-invent the wheel).
  • Utilize the survey functions of your course management system.
  • Request both positive and negative feedback. It is important to know what is working as well as what is not working.
  • Sequence your questions for best effect, e.g., ask for suggestions for improvement before asking for what is good. This will help convey to your students your sincerity for seeking improvements.
  • Place open-ended questions after quick-answer questions to provide students built-in thinking time.
  • Assure anonymity on summative evaluation.
    • Design a questionnaire that students can access, complete, and submit via the Web.
    • Ask students to complete, print, and mail the evaluations to a neutral site where the forms would be removed from their envelopes and forwarded to the instructor without an identifying postmark.
 

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