Re: Students Evaluating Teachers (For College Students)
John,
I take the evaluations seriously only if the teacher was exceptionally great or exceptionally bad. For the great teachers, I let them know the things that I enjoyed and what made the class really click for me. For the bad teachers, I use what I deem constructive criticism (and I assume that they, in turn, ignore it entirely). I know a lot of people who just write mean stuff, but I don't see how that helps the professors.
If it is a teacher that was just okay or didn't really affect the content of the class for me, I just do the bubble things without leaving extra comments.
My basic recommendation is to show that the evals mean a lot to you and that you are going to take them seriously; that is the best way to got a few extra students to take them seriously.
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