Episode 46: How to Have Positive Teaching Evaluations

Episode 46: How to Have Positive Teaching Evaluations

As I was reflecting on what I should write about to end the quarter, I was also attending a workshop on reforming teaching evaluations. So, this post is not actually about how to get positive evaluations from students, but rather how to make the teaching evaluation...
Episode 44: Being Good Enough Part II

Episode 44: Being Good Enough Part II

In my recent blog post, When is a C Good Enough?, I discussed being more explicit regarding what “excellence” means when looking at a student’s entire career and how a distribution of grades can still represent excellence. In response to that post, a colleague...
Episode 42: When is a C Good Enough?

Episode 42: When is a C Good Enough?

When is a C good enough? This question may be a strange one for a top university to ask, but it strikes me as critical. For some context, a few weeks ago UCI hosted the Waypoints Symposium. This meeting brought together representatives from over 30 institutions to...