Feedback FROM Students

How I collect feedback from students

After the class I dispense post-its among my students asking them to give me feedback anonymously. I gather feedback from my students by stressing them to mention at least one worst aspect (and if more than one could be highlighted, then even better) and only one most best aspect. I advise them that if they identify negative / bad aspects of my lecture, that is rather a positive act as this will help me improve in future. Mostly students say in their feedback that they find my lectures most interactive, and therefore, motivating and useful (exemplary feedback below).

How I respond to students’ feedback

After I have read comments of students, I give students my response on their comments in my next lecture to them. I thank them for their feedback. I learn from positive comments which positive aspects of my lecturing can be enhanced. As for negative comments, I let students know what actions I can and will take to resolve in my futures to them. This way, they feel valued, respected and even more motivated too. As examples, I have listed below students’ comments for one of the modules I have been teaching.

An Example

For instance, one negative comment was that my lecturing pace gets slower in places. I told them that in my class students are coming from different nationalities, backgrounds, languages, etc. Therefore, it is necessary for me to sometime repeat and / or rephrase to describe the same point (which is particularly crucial) so that I make sure the whole class is following. I did not say this to students but there are some students with disabilities such as dyslexia and hearing impairment in my class, so my repetition and slowing down at times during my lecture helps these students too, who have appreciated this in their feedback.