BIOL 3110

(Section 3; 202508-80671) 15 of 48 students completed evaluations (31.25% response rate). Overall performance was strong, with a Global Index of 4.71, Instructor Evaluation of 4.89, and Course Evaluation of 4.53. 

Students specifically noted strengths in instructional clarity and learning supports, describing the content as digestible and emphasizing that the course helped them feel equipped with a stronger genetics foundation. Areas for improvement centered on pacing (requests to “slow down”), the need for more practice/application problems, and assessment load/structure, including feedback that the first exam covered too much content and could be broken up or reduced in scope. 

Action plan: In the next offering, I will (1) implement weekly exam-style practice sets and short in-class application problems to increase opportunities for skill-building, (2) incorporate structured “pause-and-check” moments (retrieval questions and brief reflections) to address pacing concerns, and (3) rebalance Exam 1 by splitting it into two smaller assessments or reducing early-semester scope to reduce cognitive overload while maintaining rigor