TEACHSOC: ESPECIALLY FOR JAY AND KATHLEEN..

[Michael Klausner]

Greetings:   Anyone should feel free to respond to the following but *especially* Professors Howard and McKinney.   We have both quantitative and qualitative student evaluation forms for students to do. The qualitative ones ask such things as:   What did you especially like about the course and the Professor? What were his/her strengths/weaknesses? How do you think the course could be improved?   Why that is the Qualitative responses are usually much more positive than the quantitiave ones. For example, I first read the qualitative responses from students in my Intro class and based on them thought that the numerical ratings would reflect them. However, while the numerical ratings, in response to questions, were okay they, were not as good as what I expected after reading the qualitative responses.   Administrators here only see the numerical ratings. Thus people who get better qualitative ones are at a disadvantage.   Have any of you had similar experiences?   Thanks.   Michael