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… views of their authors. Ree valuatingevaluation~s Centralizing course information has benefits for professors and students s the fall semester comes to a close, it's open season for course evaluations…
…. An obvious disconnect exists between stu- dents and faculty about of the importance of these evaluations. Professors and graduate student instructors need to make it explic- itly clear how essential…
… students' feedback is to improving the course. Professors should set aside time at the end of the final class to give students the opportunity to complete the evaluation, which would highlight the impor…
…- tance of student opinions. Faculty should also ensure that stu- dents can ,see how their feedback may affect instruction changes in the future. For instance, professors should e-mail students after…
… responses have been read, acknowledg- ing common criticisms and praises for the course, and describing planned improve- ments. Providing students with informa- tion about how their evaluations are utilized…
…. Evaluations also need to be documented in an online database that is easily accessible to students. A consolidated resource would allows students to consider the evaluation of their peers when they navigate…



