Student Evaluations and Making the Best of the Last Day of Classes

Student evaluations offer good metrics for assessing teaching effectiveness. They can contain valuable insight into the successes and failures of a course and the strengths and weaknesses of the instructor. However, as with any information, its value depends upon appropriate interpretation. Learn about how to prepare students for evaluations to get constructive feedback and how to interpret evaluation results. 

Make the last day of class count. Too often, the last day of a class can be taken up with housekeeping-information on the final, last minute details, and course evaluations. But as Richard Lyons, author of several books on college teaching says, “the final class is a key student retention milepost.” This article offer some tips.