Most of us wait to be told what we're doing wrong. What if the fastest path to getting better was simply asking someone to ...

Rarely do we play a round of golf where we don’t have at least one or two nitpicks about the condition of the course. Sometimes they are not substantive enough to voice to the superintendent, but ...

Collecting feedback from students about halfway through the semester allows instructors to gain insightful, actionable information about how their course is going. Mid-course feedback allows ...

From helping instructors improve their courses to guiding future students' course selections, the Case Western Reserve University course evaluation process represents a critical point in the semester.

While the content and focus of feedback offered to students will depend on each individual course and assignment, several principles transcend disciplinary boundaries. When setting up feedback ...

Feel free to comment on what’s going on: How have you been finding the work you’re doing in this course? (Has the workload been manageable? Do you feel engaged with the course material?) What is ...

As we quickly approach the midpoint of the fall term, it’s a great time to get some informal student feedback about your course. Unlike end-of-the-semester student feedback that can only be used to ...

In a recent newsletter issue on student evaluations of teaching, I described how the timing of when these surveys are completed is less than ideal. This week, I want to share two thoughtful comments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting people involved in the feedback process can take away the sting of criticism. Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images ...

Until recently, the University of Southern California took a conventional approach to student course evaluations. At the end of the semester, students answered about a dozen questions, including ones ...