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Why Professors Should Ask Students For Feedback Long Before the Semester Is Over

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Golden collects the results, which students give anonymously, then studies the feedback and makes a list of all the information she’s received. This practice is called early-term feedback. Experts say it’s an effective strategy for improving teaching and learning quickly—sometimes as soon as the very next class period.

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

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So what has he learned in more than 20 years from applying his persistence (and much of the money he won from the Nobel) to studying teaching? EdSurge connected with Wieman to find out, and to hear about his more recent efforts to improve how teaching evaluations are done at colleges to make them more useful — and more equitable.

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How a Pandemic Could Change Higher Education

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What do you see as some of the potential impact for massive online courses or other forms of online education that are outside of the traditional institutions? Barbara Oakley: I send out an email to almost two million people each week, my “Chili Friday Email,” and I do get feedback. They will not be read, unless they want them to.

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