Results of Student Eval.

[Miriam Resendez]

Today I had my students anonymously evaluate me, the course, text, etc. based on three weeks of classroom time.  I feel its important to get feedback from students early and then later in the semester so that modifications can be made if necessary (obviously I'm quite flexible when it comes to teaching methods).  I also am fairly new at this (2 years of part-time university teaching) so any feedback I get is always helpful.  I just got through looking over the evaluations and 2 students out of 45 said that they thought the material was not challenging enough. To quote one response "I think you know th ematerial but I think most of us know a little about it too! Feel like you are teaching us at a level lower than an upper division class." Granted, only a couple mentioned this but now I'm worried whether or not the material is too easy.  I guess my question is, how do you know at what level to teach?  I don't want students to feel belittled but at the same time, I want to make sure they get "it." I suppose I know the answer already (through experience) but for us new people, can anyone help with any tips so that I can figure this out now? maybe I'm making too much out of nothing...