assessment for learning

6) student feedback is used by instructors and classmates to improve the course structure, content, pedagogies, pacing, etc. 

Students have frequent opportunities throughout the course to provide feedback about their perceptions of learning, the course structure, the amount of support available, and the extent to which content and activities include representation from their community/culture.

• Students have ongoing, anonymous opportunities to express how the course instructor and community could better support their learning.

• Evaluating Student Evaluations of Teaching Measurement and Equity Bias in SETS and Recommendations for Reform article with ideas for reducing student bias in student evaluations.

Students have opportunities to evaluate student feedback about the course and partner with the instructor to prioritize revisions to the course structure.

• How to systematically improve your teaching using student feedback article introduces a simple but effective method for gathering student feedback to help cement strengths and reduce weaknesses in teaching.

• Three Ways to Use Student Feedback to Improve Your Course Article with three strategies to improve courses.

Students see that their feedback is taken seriously, such as seeing a summary of students’ input and hearing how the instructor is considering using their feedback to improve the course activities and learning environment.

• Example Open Ended Student Questions for Evaluating a Course can be found at the bottom of this page. 

• Instructor regularly checks in on class pacing with informal pulse checks.

• Regularly provide an exit slip question about confusing topics for next lecture.

Students respond to open-ended questions related to their learning experiences and the teaching practices in the course where they inquire about the inclusivity and accessibility of assessments, challenge power imbalances, highlight implicit biases/assumptions, and foster the representation of diverse voices.

• Have students identify highlights and lowlights at the module level (for subsequent specific feedback on a set of assignments).

• Instructor solicits frequent feedback on course and reflects and makes changes.

• Instructor is flexible with adjusting activities and course structure.

• Assign Canvas surveys throughout quarter asking about pacing, how things are going, and what additional support is needed.

• Administer mid-term student experience survey: how is learning environment, what resources work best for you?