Third semester teaching BIOL 192 Lab at Boise State University
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PROMPT: What barriers to learning, if any, did you experience in this course?
"I just had work, but my professor understood this barrier, which meant a lot, and she cared to make sure I was ready for exams!"
PROMPT: Which aspects of this course were most valuable to your overall learning experience?
"Sierra was always helpful and would come around the class and check–in on us all."
"Excellent instruction, insightful labs that helped to really connect the course material to real–world organisms. Dissections were very clearly explained, and all of the tools we needed to perform the labs/dissections were provided."
"The lab experience in general was really easy to retain info, sierra did a great job lecturing and I thought it was very well set up and conducted"
"The lab instructor was the most valuable to my learning because she explained things way better than my professor did."
PROMPT: Please comment on the quality of the teaching in your laboratory section.
"Sierra was very easy to talk to and supportive."
"Excellent! The professor was very passionate and clearly enjoyed teaching!"
"Sierra was always in such a good mood and willing to help you with anything. She moved through the lessons fairly efficiently."
"The teaching in my laboratory section was good. Sierra was kind, organized, and open to questions."
"Sierra is super understanding and kind, and she always tries to help you understand something if you don't understand it. She also doesn't shy away from saying she doesn't know something, and she'll look it up/research it to help both you and her to understand it. Really wonderful lab instructor."
"Sierra did a great job reaching the material and helping us retain it, the way she lectures is really easy to learn"
"The instructor, Sierra, is always very kind and always explains any questions very clearly and is always willing to help whenever a student has trouble with a part of the lab. She is an amazing instructor, and I am very thankful for the opportunity to be in her lab class."
PROMPT: Please comment on the quality of the lab experience as related to your total learning experience in this course.
"This was the best lab I have ever been apart of at BSU."
"I am always excited to attend lab, and I am always engaged in the activities and assignments provided during the lab. It put the concepts we learned in lectures into a very real and tangible perspective."