At the beginning of the semester, you read a paper by Alters and Nelson (Perspective: Teaching Evolution in Higher Education, EVOL 56:1891-1901) that described general attributes of the teaching of evolution in the university setting, and that indicated a pedagogy for teaching that was expected to be more productive of student learning. You probably will recall that the authors argued that student-centered instruction, and a student-owned developmental process, were more effective in promoting student learning than traditional lecture-based pedagogies. You have now had one-half of a semester to experience a classroom designed to utilize such a student-centered pedagogy. I would appreciate your taking a few moments to reflect upon your experience in this course and to provide feedback that can be used in my development of course instruction. Please note that your replies are confidential as you are not identified anywhere within the form nor by the process of submission.
Do you believe that this course has been taught according to the pedagogical principles that were discussed in Alters and Nelson?
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Please explain your response to question number 1.
Please comment on your state of learning in this course. Do you feel that you have been learning effectively in this course? Do you believe that the style of instruction has affected your learning? If this style of learning has been effective for you, what about it has been most effective? If this style of classroom has been ineffective for you, what about it has made it ineffective?
If there were one thing that you could change about how this course is taught, what would it be?
If there were one thing that you strongly believe should not be changed about how this course is taught, what would it be?
Are there any additional comments that you would like to make about how this course is taught?
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