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Page 2 New course evaluation forms to debut next week Mike Cole STAFF WRITER Get ready for less bubbling and more writing. On the last day of class this semester, students will receive a longer and more detailed course evaluation form. Mathematics professor Elwood Parker, who designed the new form, explained the reason for the change. "With an entirely new cur riculum in place here at Guilford, many of us faculty felt that we needed a better way for students to communicate with teachers about the courses," he said. AGAIN. Be a - care for its people. Discover tfee or' &usisg %W$ FA MM$ spoahsy MM- a key ingmtos in &e feeilisig pwmm* Srp$ e w sxdrmg sm& B*®t ofl&rs IM fa*ari&> si'l oafctasmiisf Ml'a^i ,%k your or pski&net: rHin*\k?r, calf: us, r k>| cm id am ¥? j ifei how yo).i can Tisgke She wnrld ■•••■ aisd - s&ffMSk:! Afsty ffa: ft* Say? www. oodbiu©careH&f %, com A ftfK*s mmm ammrms vnmmm -otfy &&>Wimi itf. PAM*M M&C&L &MMTCT**FFI wealth i | Hi3H FOIKT SESHONAt NIALTH SVSmi toS6S&S OQti£ HEALTH SVSfEfcf W&M PSMST JWVM&.TY BAPTIST OEWE® £>2FFl "Students will now have a chance to give much better feed back to professors about their classes." He went on to explain how the new forms are different from the old forms. 'The new form asks much more specific questions about what a student gets out of the course," he said. "Some ex amples of questions [address] what skills he or she learned, such as reading and quantitative analysis, what the course en courages him or her to do, in re spect to learning values and identifying career goals, and how available the professor makes The Guilfordian News himself for students." Yet according to Parker, the most useful aspect of the new forms is the open-ended ques tions. "We have a lot more open ended questions in the new form, asking questions such as, 'Ex plain how this course challenged you, or why didn't it' or 'Were you aware of using a particular type of thinking in the course, and if so, what type?'" Parker said. Robert Williams, an eco nomics professor, used the new form in a trial run in his class last semester. He strongly sup ported the new course form, es pecially the use of the open ended questions. "What I really like about the open-ended questions is how they ask the student, 'What did you get out of the course?' rather than 'What did you like about it?"' Williams said. The old form asked broader questions about the course and solicited suggestions for im provements to the class. "To be honest, I don't care if students, think my course, is too hard, or that the tests are too long," Williams said. "I want to know if my courses help my stu dents figure out what they want to do with their lives, and these new forms help ask that ques tion much more effectively." Williams said using the evaluation affects his future classes. "I've made actual changes in the way I teach my classes based on the feedback I receive," he said. Doss creates site for students Erica Wiggins STAFF WRITER Randy Doss, vice president for enrollment and marketing, has create a page on the Guilford website with information about entertainment in Greensboro, and he wants feedback. 'This idea came from a Re tention Committee meeting with students," Doss said. "It's our attempt to help students feel connected to the college and the city." So far, he's created sections such as On Campus Events and Announcements, Guilford Sports News, 24-Hour Restau rants, Great Outdoor Places, Places to Party, Movies, Theatre, Music, and Where to Buy Things. I X ~ )V links tb Ban -1 ftdtteS'/TTte First Year Center, 'the Greensboro' Public Library, and to the UNCG April 19, 2002 Parker also mentioned a section on the form where in structors now have the opportu nity to ask questions more spe cific to their course. 'There are a bunch of blank question fields, where any teacher may ask up to six open ended questions, relevant to his or her course," he said. Parker acknowledged a con cern he with the new form: its length. He said, "Students may not feel like filling out a form which takes twice as long as the origi nal." But Sam Browning, a sophomore and former student in Robert Williams' economics class, in which the form was used, felt confident that length was not an issue. "I'm not worried about the forms' being too long, because if a student has something he or she wants to say about the course, then that person will do it," Browning said. Cesar Dones, a first-year student who was also in that class, agreed with Browning. "It only took me about five minutes to fill out because I al ready knew what I wanted to say," Dones said. "The form was very detailed, and it asked all the right questions. I do not think it was too long." Browning added, "If a per son does not take the time to fill it out, then he or she probably did not have anything useful to say in the first place. website, which has a calendar of daily events on their campus. Doss also plans to have student run message boards and a link to Community Senate's web page. First-year student Ireys Baucum said, "I think it would be good, if students actually use it. But that still requires motiva tion from students." Senior Bear Bell stated, "I think I would be at serious risk of harm if I was not given access to information about places to dine in the Guilford area. People feel like Greensboro's in the middle of nowhere, but in fact there's a lot going on." The site will be complete by next fall, but Doss said, "The more input I get, the sooner it can be finalized." : Access the page ,at http:// fcurrent l .cfm?lD=8000210. '
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