SEOI Evaluations for GEOL 360

SEOI Summary Evalution, 2002

• Intellectual challenge: 4.92 [SD= 0.29]
• Amount of your effort needed to succeed: 4.83 [SD=0.39]
• Your involvment: 4.67 [SD=0.65]
  
• Course as a whole: 4.50 [SD=0.67]
  
• Instructor's teaching effectiveness: 4.75 [SD=0.45]

The following is copied verbatim from student SEOI evaluations. All comments are completely unfiltered.

What aspects of the teaching or content of this course do you feel were especially good?

• The teacher is very enthusiastic and wanted to make sure we learned what was needed. A lot of knowledge was gained from this course. Great job!
• There was always extra help available when needed. This was very much appreciated.
• Good enthusiasm. Charlie maintained good relationships with each individual student.
• Charlie did a really good job. Even though he was gone sometimes. Harder material was easier to understand when Charlie explained it. The fact that we could go to Steve for help also.
• I liked the bowl used to explain stereonets. It made it so easy. Very good visual aid. The class overall was very good and met my expectations.
• This course really helped me to fill in some gaps in my knowledge about how to interpret geologic features. The content was good! It was good enough to turn what I thought was going to be a very boring class into one that I am interested in.
• The prof was always enthusiastic. He provided good examples and materials to the students.
• I liked the enthusiasm for the material.

What changes could be made to improve learning in this course?

• Speech Ð slow down. Writing Ð make more legible. Don't run away and look at earthquakes Ð leaving us in the hands of a new teacher and expect us to learn what was needed, especially right before a test. The textbook wasnÕt very helpful most of the time and VERY dry to read.
• Sometimes, actually a lot of times, the instructor's speech was too fast! Therefore, taking notes was difficult some of the time.
• Could be less vocal about peoples' grades.
• DonÕt overload us in the first 3 weeks of class. Scared the hell out of us.
• Slow down. The class moved a little fast at times.
• Rubin needs to come to class rgularly, speak slower and write more clearly. We should alos break some real rocks in the stress fracturing section.
• Charlie talks too fast sometimes, but slows down when asked to.
• Slow down and speak more clearly. Since you are a teacher pay more attention to your students and not earthquakes!
• Time went by too fast, I don't really feel that I learned much. We went over material too fast.
• I think it was sort of ridiculous that the Professor takes off to Alaska and leaves his students hanging. Also, I think he should slow down, he always seems so rushed during lectures.
• Don't change the teacher (when Lundblad taught then Charlie and so on). Don't make lab 35% of the grade make it 20% instead.