Plant Taxonomy (BIOL308) - Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/ |
Mid-Term Evaluation
Course
Overview/Philosophy.
Recall the goals/objectives of our course from the General Information
handout and that our course is divided into three sections: (1) General Skills
including nomenclature and terminology (phytography); (2) Families; and (3) Classification.
We are now at a good point in our studies to evaluate
our experiences. This will help determine the direction of the remainder of the
semester and in many ways is a better time for an evaluation than the end of the
semester since you will directly benefit from the results of the survey. I will
summarize the results and make them available to you.
What have you liked about the course?
What have you disliked?
What is the one thing that you really think needs
to be changed?
What is your opinion of the workload?
What do you think about the remainder of the
lecture topics we will cover this year? Any others you would like to
cover? What is your opinion of the remainder of the lab topics? Others you
would prefer?
Would you prefer a traditional textbook?
What is your overall opinion of the lab
experience?
What did you think about the field trip labs and the
goal of learning local plant species? Should we continue or
discontinue them? If
we discontinue, then we'd also discontinue the PTK quizzes/exam. In
this case, can you suggest what alternatives you'd prefer? For
example, would you prefer to replace a field trip with a lab on, say using a
key or vegetative terminology or fruit structure? And what sort of
assessment do you think is appropriate (e.g., lab practical? lab report?
quiz?)
What did you think about the PTK quizzes and
exam? (do you think the quizzes will help in preparing you for the exam?Or,
are
the quizzes too much busy work? If we do away with the quizzes, how,
if at all should students be held accountable for lab work?)
Give at least one suggestion as to how
this class could be improved to make it the best class you've ever had.
Has the course fulfilled your expectations? Why
or why not?
Complete the following sentence:
I, the person completing this evaluation, ____________ (fill in the
blank with one of the following or your own - love, like, dislike, hate,
groove on) plants because:
What is your opinion of the test(s)?
Do you have any additional comments?
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