I've followed these for several years. Last semester I even tried an experiment. On the first day of class I brought the web site up on the room's projection screen and used the student ratings of me to convince the students that a) I'm a nice guy and b) I'm tough and if you think you're going to get away with cutting class or not spending long hours studying the text book, you should drop the course now. The students got a big kick out of it and I think it got my point across. Did the students apply themselves more diligently as a result? My evening class did better than average but my day time (mostly frosh PSY majors) did much worse than previous similar sections.
As for the "Hot tamale" ratings. I once gave one to a colleague as a joke (although she certainly is cute). I also gave one to my daughter (who teaches at another University) because she really is gorgeous (if I do say so myself)! <g> My evaluations certainly seem to confirm the idea that the raters either love you or hate you. My favorite comment was from a student (sarcastically) responding to another rater who said how tough I was. The new rater wrote "Expects you to understand the lecture material, expects you to read the book beforehand, expects you to stay awake in class. Oh my, the horrors." Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The MillCreek Bluegrass Band performs every other Thursday night at Dugals Station II Restaurant and Bar, Rt. 30, Gap, PA. See http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/millcreek.htm for directions and details. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
