Students’ Evaluation of Classroom
Teaching For the past two years, I have been working on
students’ evaluation of classroom teaching. I have kept a record of
informal conversations (51) some 300 students from at least
twenty--one colleges and universities. The students were generally (52)
and direct in their comments (53) how course work
could be better (54) . Most of their remarks were kindly
taken --with tolerance rather than bitterness--and frequently were softened by
the (55) that the students were speaking (56)
some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless, (57) the
following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel dissatisfied with
things--as--they --are in the classroom. Professors should be
(58) from reading lecture notes. "It makes their (59)
monotonous(单调的)." If they are going to read, why
not (60) out copies of the lecture Then we shouldn’t need to
go to class. Professors should (61) repeating in lectures
material that is in the textbook." (62) we’ve read the
material, we want to (63) it or hear it elaborated on, not
repeated." "A lot of students hate to buy a (64) text
that the professor has written (65) to have his lectures
repeat it. ’