Over the years, my teaching evaluations have varied from the top to the bottom of the scale. It seems to have little to do with what I do in the class room. (although it does depend on which course I am teaching). I have also found that the better the class the better I do (positive reinforcement, perhaps). I have read the evaluation to discover frequently cited problems with my delivery, and tried to improve those areas. In my experience about 90 percent of the instructors score about 7.5 on the scale with a few below and one or two above. The differentiation is insufficient for administration to use the scores for anything other than to pick on someone they already have in their sights for other reasons. I don't think most profs have anything to worry about with student evaluations being made public. And students don't seem to care what the politics of the professor are. Rod Hay [EMAIL PROTECTED] The History of Economic Thought Archives http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html Batoche Books http://members.tripod.com/rodhay/batochebooks.html http://www.abebooks.com/home/BATOCHEBOOKS/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
